BGR in the News
David Kerstein selected to receive The Times-Picayune Loving Cup for 2025
By John Pope
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
March 26, 2026
David A. Kerstein, a soft-spoken lawyer, oil-company executive and philanthropist, does whatever he can to make all kinds of...
New Orleans levee police to see another spending boost in new budget. What’s behind the increase?
By Alex Lubben
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
March 26, 2026
The agency added 19 police positions while its engineering department remains a third unstaffed. New Orleans’ regional flood control...
The S&WB has a detailed plan for New Orleans water mains. It’s 23 years old.
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
March 22, 2026
After four floods in six weeks caused by bursting water mains, New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno and furious City...
Jefferson Parish Watchdog Rips Leaders As $87 Million Left Dangling
By Melissa Davenport
Source: Hoodline
March 19, 2026
In an annual report released Wednesday, Inspector General Kim Chatelain accuses the parish’s highest-ranking officials of stalling reforms while...
Editorial: Helena Moreno is approaching New Orleans’ sanitation shortfall the right way
By Staff Editorial
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
March 19, 2026
Of all the things Helena Moreno hoped to do when she was running for mayor of New Orleans, raising...
The structure of the Sewerage and Water Board is flawed. We need an overhaul
By Tommy Tucker
Source: WWL-Radio
March 19, 2026
How should the Sewerage and Water Board be governed? Should New Orleans officials have more control? We talk with...
After water main breaks, Mayor Helena Moreno puts S&WB on frontburner
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
March 17, 2026
Mayor Helena Moreno didn’t plan to spend so much time on the Sewerage & Water Board so early in...
Moreno Pushes Budget Fixes Service Improvements at BGR
By Kelly Hite
Source: Biz New Orleans
March 12, 2026
NEW ORLEANS – Mayor Helena Moreno told business and civic leaders gathered for the March 11 Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) Breakfast...
On trash fee hike, Mayor Helena Moreno cites New Orleans finances, says she has ‘no choice’
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
March 11, 2026
The City of New Orleans at one point last week had just $30,000 in its general fund, Mayor Helena...Despite backlash, New Orleans Mayor Moreno urges council to pass trash fee increase
By Kaylee Poche
Source: Gambit
March 11, 2026
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno March 11 acknowledged that her push to have the city council raise the city’s...