Coastal Restoration
June 18 Breakfast Briefing Focuses on Post-Katrina Government Reforms and Future Citizen Engagement
June 18, 2025
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, BGR’s June 18 Breakfast Briefing discussed the disaster’s lasting impact on...
Highlights of BGR’s Work in Support of Better Local Government Post-Katrina
June 18, 2025
The reform and modernization of local government is a lasting legacy of Hurricane Katrina. By envisioning positive change and...
Here’s how Landry plans to reorganize the state’s coastal protection authority
By Daily Report Staff
Source: Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
April 15, 2024
This article is available to paid subscribers only at the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report website. To read BGR’s...Landry administration reorganizing state’s coastal protection authority
By Steve Wilson
Source: The Center Square
April 15, 2024
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana conducted a web forum to discuss Gov. Jeff Landry administration’s initiative to...Governor Jeff Landry’s proposal to merge Louisiana’s coastal agency with energy offices appears on hold
By Mark Schleifstein
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
March 30, 2024
Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposal to move the state agency overseeing coastal restoration and hurricane protection under the Department of...Editorial: Louisiana’s coastal agency is working, don’t weaken it
By Staff Editorial
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
February 28, 2024
Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposal to consolidate and reorganize the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority under the Louisiana Department of...BGR Urges Landry to Keep State’s Standalone Coastal Protection Agency
By Rich Collins
Source: Biz New Orleans
February 21, 2024
NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research, a nonprofit government watchdog group, is urging Gov. Jeff Landry to...Louisiana Should Keep Separate Agency Dedicated to Saving Coast
February 20, 2024
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research sent a letter to Governor Jeff Landry urging him to keep Louisiana’s separate...
Gov. John Bel Edwards on State Priorities of Local Importance
November 13, 2018
Governor John Bel Edwards presented at a BGR Breakfast Briefing on State of Louisiana priorities of local importance. BGR...
Louisiana Unprepared for Watery Disasters, Top Official Warns
By Sabrina Canfield
Source: Courthouse News Service
September 20, 2017
COVINGTON, La. (CN) – Louisiana’s comprehensive coastal restoration plan “is not comprehensive,” nor does anyone know how to pay...