BGR in the News
These 3 parishes face billions of dollars in damage without coastal plan, state warns
By Mark Schleifstein
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 19, 2017
Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes will lose hundreds of square miles of land and face billions of dollars in flood damage if...If the candidates aren’t inspiring voters, maybe voters should inspire the candidates
By Clancy DuBos
Source: Gambit
September 17, 2017
We’re now less than two weeks away from early voting in the New Orleans citywide elections, and so far...BGR’s New Orleans mayoral candidate survey covers hot topics
By Richard Rainey
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 14, 2017
Everybody is looking for answers from the crowded field of candidates for the New Orleans mayoral race. The nonprofit...UNO sees largest increase in undergraduate students in 8 years
By Wilborn P. Nobles III
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 7, 2017
University of New Orleans president John Nicklow said he was “very optimistic about our future” Tuesday (Sept. 5), as the...Eat breakfast while learning about Louisiana’s coastal master plan
By Sara Sneath
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 6, 2017
Interested in learning more about Louisiana’s $50 billion, 50-year coastal master plan while you nosh on breakfast? The Bureau of Governmental Research has...Cantrell calls for $84 million a year in infrastructure spending, bringing S&WB into City Hall
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
August 31, 2017
In the midst of new concerns about the reliability of the Sewerage & Water Board’s drainage system and longstanding...Landrieu considers stormwater fees to pay for New Orleans drainage system upgrades
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 29, 2017
Mayor Mitch Landrieu is in the early stages of a plan to put a stormwater management fee proposal before the New...What will it take to fix the Sewerage and Water Board? Editorial
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 27. 2017
An emergency management team led by former Louisiana Recovery Authority director Paul Rainwater took over the Sewerage & Water Board last...City Council ‘didn’t care until everything went south’ at S&WB: J.P. Morrell
By Richard Rainey
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 17, 2017
As state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has watched the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board endure withering accusations of being asleep...New Orleans airport’s new director describes plans for growth, new terminal
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
July 27, 2017
Though he’s only a few weeks into the job, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s new boss is working in...