Budget & Finance
City of New Orleans Needs a Sustainable Budget to Meet Residents’ Demands
September 11, 2025
The City of New Orleans is at a tipping point. As the races for mayor and City Council heat...
BGR Honored for Helping New Orleans Save $88.5M
By Site Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
July 25, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) won three awards at the national Governmental Research Association conference July 13-16...
Gain Insights from BGR on Key Election Issues
July 8, 2025
Voters will head to the polls in October to decide New Orleans’ municipal elections, with the seats of the...
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...
Orleans Parish School Board’s lawsuit against city postponed
By Metia Carroll
Source: WDSU
June 9, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — The trial over millions of dollars the Orleans Parish School Board claims it is owed by...
New Orleans got $388 million in federal pandemic aid. Was that money well spent?
By Katie Jane Fernelius
Source: Verite News
May 2, 2025
When Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March 2021, it allocated $350 billion in...Editorial: Bureau of Governmental Research is right: New Orleans needs better budgeting practices
By Staff Editorial
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 15, 2025
As New Orleans officials grapple with an April 17 meeting where they literally will argue about whether or not...Report Recommends Improved Financial Practices for New Orleans
By Kelly Hite
Source: Biz New Orleans
April 11, 2025
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), a private, nonprofit, and independent research organization based in New...Ron Faucheux: It’s not sexy, but management should be top issue in New Orleans mayor race
By Ron Faucheux
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 11, 2025
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who built a multi-billion dollar business and led the nation’s largest city for...