BGR in the News
Around 160 locks need replacing at Orleans jail, AG estimates
By Chris Joseph
Source: FOX 8
May 21, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill toured the Orleans Justice Center jail on Wednesday (May 21)...New Orleans sheriff Susan Hutson suspends reelection campaign, says jailbreak was ‘failure’
By James Finn and Missy Wilkinson
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
May 20, 2025
Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the New Orleans jail from which 10 inmates escaped last week, suspended her reelection...Government watchdog BGR issues recommendations to improve Orleans Parish jail operations; Sen. Cassidy weighs in on escape
By Sabrina Wilson
Source: FOX 8
May 20, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Amid the search for the remaining New Orleans jail escapees, a government watchdog released a...Manhunt for escaped inmates in New Orleans enters fourth day; 6 still on the run
By Erin Lowrey
Source: WDSU
May 19, 2025
The search for six escaped inmates in New Orleans has entered its fourth day after a total of 10...
Homestead exemption hike again moves forward in Louisiana
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
May 13, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – A proposal to increase Louisianaā€™s homestead exemption for the first time in more than...
Personnel moves at Baker Donelson, Bureau of Governmental Research
By Staff Report
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
May 11, 2025
NEW ORLEANS Heather SweeneyĀ has been hired as director of development for theĀ Bureau of Governmental Research. Sweeney has two decades...BGR Welcomes New Director of Development
By Site Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
May 5, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (press release) ā€“ On May 2, the Bureau of Governmental Research announced that it has hired Heather...
Millage Renewal for Orleans Parish Sheriff Passes by Just Two Votes
By Scott Ploof
Source: Big Easy Magazine
May 4, 2025
With the outcome hinging on just two votes, on May 3, 2025, Orleans Parish voters narrowly approved the renewal...Sheriff Susan Hutson’s tax renewal wins by historically close margin, two votes
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
May 3, 2025
By an almost surreal, historically close margin, Orleans Parish voters appeared to hand Sheriff Susan Hutson a huge reprieve...
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...