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Addressing Jefferson Parish Infrastructure at April 16 Breakfast Briefing
April 16, 2024
Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing with Cynthia Lee Sheng, Jefferson Parish President, and Mark Drewes, Director of the...
On Politics: Another mailer on the way from Mayor Cantrell’s office; a new public works chief
By Ben Myers and Sophie Kasakove
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
December 17, 2023
For the first time in nearly three years, New Orleans has a permanent public works director after the City...
Will Sutton: New Orleans City Council holds the key to street repairs
By Will Sutton
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
Sept3ember 29, 2023
As New Orleanians focus on whether the City Council will confirm Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s choice for the permanent police...
DPW Acting Director Out, more money needed for road projects
By Deja Brown
Source: WDSU
September 28, 2023
There’s a changing of the guard at the Department of Public Works, Sarah McLaughlin-Porteous, who took over a little...Briefing: N.O. Public Works Leaders Discuss Progress on Street Projects
September 27, 2023
Today, BGR presented “Rebuilding Our Infrastructure, Making New Orleans Resilient,” a Breakfast Briefing to discuss progress on New Orleans’...
Gambit Commentary: A note to our readers
By Gambit
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
December 9, 2020
We find ourselves in the uncomfortable, but necessarily so, position of having to start this week’s Commentary with an...Stephanie Grace: Voters sent LaToya Cantrell a clear message on library tax. She should listen.
By Stephanie Grace
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
December 9, 2020
The voters in Orleans Parish spoke quite clearly Saturday when they rejected three millage proposals that Mayor LaToya Cantrell...New Orleans voters reject Cantrell’s tax proposals
By WDSU Digital Team
Source: WDSU
December 5, 2020
In Orleans Parish, multiple property tax measures were on the Dec. 5 ballot. New Orleans overwhelmingly rejected Mayor LaToya...Orleans millage proposals beaten badly despite Cantrell threatening layoffs
By WWL Staff
Source: WWL-TV
December 5, 2020
New Orleans voters roundly defeated all three of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s tax proposals just days after she had warned...Voters shoot down all three Cantrell-backed tax proposals
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
December 5, 2020
New Orleans voters on Saturday rejected a package of ballot propositions put forward by Mayor LaToya Cantrell that would...