BGR in the News
Early voting begins Saturday for Dec. 8 runoff elections
By Dominic Massa
Source: WWL-TV
November 23, 2018
Early voting begins Saturday, Nov. 24 and runs through Dec. 1 for the Dec. 8 elections across Louisiana, including...Would a city council member on New Orleans S&WB solve issues? Not exactly, watchdog group says
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
November 22, 2018
A proposal voters will consider next month to restore a City Council representative to the Sewerage & Water Board’s...
Nonprofit status for New Orleans convention center hotel? Looks like ducking taxes, assessor says
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
November 22, 2018
As negotiations continue behind the scenes over the terms of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s proposed 1,200-room high-rise...
Edwards refuses to shift hotel tax dollars to S&WB
By Danny Monteverde
Source: WWL-TV
November 20, 2018
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday said definitively that he will not support a plan by Mayor LaToya Cantrell...New Orleans City Planning Commission approves affordable housing plan minus key element
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
November 18, 2018
The New Orleans City Planning Commission has recommended dropping the core element of a plan aimed at increasing the...Our Views: More action by New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board management needed over membership change
By Advocate Editorial
Source: The Advocate
November 17, 2018
A charter amendment on the Dec. 8 ballot would make changes in the membership of the group that oversees...Should a City Council member be on the Sewerage & Water Board? New Orleans will decide
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 15, 2018
New Orleans voters will decide next month whether to return a New Orleans City Council member to the Sewerage & Water Board’s 11-person...Gov. Edwards opposes plan to redirect hotel taxes to New Orleans infrastructure
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
November 13, 2018
A plan by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to ask state lawmakers to shift some hotel taxes from tourism...Here’s the first look at proposed $558M Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hotel project’s exterior
By Advocate Staff
Source: The Advocate
November 13, 2018
The would-be developers of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s proposed $557.5 million, 1,200-room Omni Hotel have released the first design...See the Morial Convention Center hotel developers want
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 13, 2018
The developer of a proposed 1,200-room Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hotel has released a rendering of the structure,...