INFRASTRUCTURE
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...
Gov. Jeff Landry sought to reshape New Orleans’ flood protection agency. Legislators pushed back.
By Alex Lubben
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
June 12, 2025
A watered-down version of a bill that initially sought to allow Gov. Jeff Landry to reshape New Orleans’ flood...What bills this legislative session affect New Orleans? Here’s what’s on the table.
By Ben Myers and Sophie Kasakove
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 16, 2025
A new drainage fee, a ban on homeless encampments, and more gubernatorial say over flood protection are among the...Gov. Jeff Landry’s controversial bid to overhaul New Orleans flood agency heads to state lawmakers
By Alex Lubben
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 8, 2025
Gov. Jeff Landry’s bid to overhaul the agency that maintains New Orleans’ hurricane protection levees and pumps will be...The Good Morning Show April 3, 2025: BGR on the governance of the Southeast Louisiana flood protection authorities
By The Good Morning Show
Source: WBOK
April 3, 2025
BGR discusses its statement on the governance of the flood protection authorities on The Good Morning Show. Listen to...The BGR supports the core framework for governance of the Southeast Louisiana flood protection authorities
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
April 1, 2025
The Bureau of Governmental Research issued the following statement in support of the core framework for governance of the...Opinion: Gov. Landry’s levee board power moves give off a ‘Musky’ reek
By Greg Larose
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
March 28, 2025
It has all the makings of history repeating itself — and in the worst way imaginable. You’re hard pressed...March 26 Briefing Explores Lessons Learned from Super Bowl Infrastructure Playbook
March 26, 2025
More than 500 local infrastructure projects and repairs were completed in the leadup to Super Bowl LIX, eclipsing a...
Read BGR’s Statement on Flood Protection Authority Governance
March 20, 2025
The Bureau of Governmental Research issued the following statement today in support of the core framework for governance of...