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Quin Hillyer: Back home in Louisiana, where personalities and politics are bigger than life

By Quin Hillyer

Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com

February 1, 2025

Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz,” though,...

Gov. Jeff Landry’s adviser is reshaping New Orleans levee authority. ‘Look at Elon Musk’

By Alex Lubben

Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com

January 16, 2025

Behind the scenes, an unelected adviser to Gov. Jeff Landry is reshaping the regional levee authority that helps protect...

New Orleans secures funding for water treatment, drainage infrastructure

By Nolan Mckendry

Source: The Center Square via New Orleans CityBusiness

September 20, 2024

New Orleans’ drainage and power infrastructure has just secured funding for a much needed upgrade that will address the...

Jefferson Parish drainage system haunted by 2017 tax decision

By David Hammer

Source: WWL-TV

September 17, 2024

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Amid a simmering political scandal, Jefferson Parish voters bit the bullet in December 2016 and...

New Orleans is in a ‘good place’ before storm Francine, Sewerage & Water Board chief says

By Kaylee Poche

Source: Gambit

September 10, 2024

New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board Director Ghassan Korban said Tuesday the city’s pumping and drainage system is in...

Watch Replay of Breakfast Briefing: Sewerage and Water Board Update

September 10, 2024

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research hosted its fourth and final Breakfast Briefing of the year. Our speaker was...

Five years later, LaToya Cantrell’s ‘fair share’ deal delivering results, BGR says

By Ben Myers

Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com

September 7, 2024

Five years after New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell struck a historic deal to direct tourism-related taxes to city infrastructure...

What has been the impact of the 2019 “Fair Share” deal?

By Newell Normand

Source: WWL Radio

September 6, 2024

This article is no longer available online. Please review BGR’s report here: https://www.bgr.org/report-index/bgr-analyzes-impact-of-fair-share-deal-for-new-orleans-infrastructure/

BGR Finds ‘Fair Share’ Deal is Improving New Orleans Infrastructure, Can Be Strengthened

By Biz New Orleans Staff

Source: Biz New Orleans

September 6, 2024

NEW ORLEANS — This week, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR),  a private, nonprofit, independent research organization dedicated to...

BGR Finds ‘Fair Share’ is Improving N.O. Infrastructure, Can Be Strengthened

September 5, 2024

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research released a report analyzing the impact of the 2019 “Fair Share” deal to direct new...