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$9.8 million in property taxes up for renewal to fund Jefferson Parish bus service
By Drew Broach
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 28, 2017
The government agency overseeing Jefferson Parish’s two bus systems is sitting on a big pile of cash: $21.2 million. And...New Orleans mayoral candidates tout plans for Sewerage & Water Board, NOPD at forum
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
September 21, 2017
Six leading New Orleans mayoral candidates vowed this week to keep the troubled Sewerage & Water Board under city...Louisiana Unprepared for Watery Disasters, Top Official Warns
By Sabrina Canfield
Source: Courthouse News Service
September 20, 2017
COVINGTON, La. (CN) – Louisiana’s comprehensive coastal restoration plan “is not comprehensive,” nor does anyone know how to pay...
Implementing the Coastal Master Plan in the Greater New Orleans Region Breakfast Briefing
September 19, 2017
Johnny Bradberry and Mark Davis discussed the 2017 Coastal Master Plan at a BGR Breakfast Briefing today in Covington....These 3 parishes face billions of dollars in damage without coastal plan, state warns
By Mark Schleifstein
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 19, 2017
Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes will lose hundreds of square miles of land and face billions of dollars in flood damage if...If the candidates aren’t inspiring voters, maybe voters should inspire the candidates
By Clancy DuBos
Source: Gambit
September 17, 2017
We’re now less than two weeks away from early voting in the New Orleans citywide elections, and so far...BGR’s New Orleans mayoral candidate survey covers hot topics
By Richard Rainey
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 14, 2017
Everybody is looking for answers from the crowded field of candidates for the New Orleans mayoral race. The nonprofit...UNO sees largest increase in undergraduate students in 8 years
By Wilborn P. Nobles III
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 7, 2017
University of New Orleans president John Nicklow said he was “very optimistic about our future” Tuesday (Sept. 5), as the...Eat breakfast while learning about Louisiana’s coastal master plan
By Sara Sneath
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 6, 2017
Interested in learning more about Louisiana’s $50 billion, 50-year coastal master plan while you nosh on breakfast? The Bureau of Governmental Research has...Cantrell calls for $84 million a year in infrastructure spending, bringing S&WB into City Hall
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
August 31, 2017
In the midst of new concerns about the reliability of the Sewerage & Water Board’s drainage system and longstanding...