CORE SERVICES AND SYSTEMS

Nell Nolan: BGR Luncheon, BK House 2024, Cancer Crusaders Survivors

By Nell Nolan

Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com

November 10, 2024

Held at the New Orleans Marriott, the annual Bureau of Governmental Research Luncheon showcased, as the keynote speaker, David...

Praising New Orleans’ charter schools, policy expert calls district-run school a ‘mistake’

By Marie Fazio

Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com

October 11, 2024

A prominent public policy expert argued during in an event in New Orleans Thursday that the city’s decentralized system...

Q&A with the Lead Author of Our New Orleans Firefighter Pension Fund Report

July 17, 2024

On April 24, 2024, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) published Altering New Orleans Firefighter Benefits Demands Careful Analysis...

Mayor Cantrell reaches agreement with firefighters union without City Council

By Newell Normand

Source: WWL Radio

May 14, 2024

This radio interview with Newell Normand and BGR President and CEO Rebecca Mowbray is no longer available online. Click...

New Orleans firefighter pension controversy is back eight years after landmark settlement

By Ben Myers

Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com

May 11, 2024

Eight years after a landmark legal settlement quelled a bitter public feud between New Orleans firefighters and City Hall,...

Why it’s important to protect firefighters’ pensions AND taxpayers

By Tommy Tucker

Source: WWL Radio

April 30, 2024

This interview with BGR President and CEO Rebecca Mowbray is no longer available online. Click here to read BGR’s...

BGR Calls for Clear Justification of Future Firefighter Pension Proposals

April 24, 2024

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released a new report, Altering New Orleans Firefighter Pension Benefits Demands Careful Analysis...

Addressing Homelessness through Health and Public-Private Partnerships at March 21 Briefing

March 21, 2024

Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing with the Director of the Health Department for the City of New Orleans Dr....

Registration Now Open for March 21 Breakfast Briefing Addressing Homelessness in New Orleans

Registration has closed for BGR’s March 21 Breakfast Briefing with the Director of the Health Department for the City...

New NOPD chief’s approach to crime; holiday cooking tips; 18th annual ‘Christmas Without Tears’

By Bob Pavlovich and Alana Schreiber

Source: WWNO New Orleans Public Radio

December 14, 2023

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to catch up on the week in politics. The Time- Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial...