News and Events

What will it take to fix the Sewerage and Water Board? Editorial

By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board

Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

August 27. 2017

An emergency management team led by former Louisiana Recovery Authority director Paul Rainwater took over the Sewerage & Water Board last...

City Council ‘didn’t care until everything went south’ at S&WB: J.P. Morrell

By Richard Rainey

Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

August 17, 2017

As state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has watched the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board endure withering accusations of being asleep...

New Director of Aviation Discusses Airport Growth, Economic Impact and Global Connectivity

July 27, 2017

Kevin Dolliole, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s new Director of Aviation, spoke at a BGR Breakfast Briefing sponsored...

BGR Again Wins National Awards for Research

July 27, 2017

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) won two awards from the Governmental Research Association (GRA) at its national conference...

New Orleans airport’s new director describes plans for growth, new terminal

By Richard Thompson

Source: The Advocate

July 27, 2017

Though he’s only a few weeks into the job, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s new boss is working in...

Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette area People in Business for July 23, 2017

By The Advocate

Source: The Advocate

July 23, 2017

BATON ROUGE AREA Lindsay B. Mullins has been promoted to the Sister Agnes Marie Fitzsimons Endowed Chair of Gerontology at Franciscan...

30 Greater New Orleans business people on the move

By NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

July 20, 2017

STEPHEN STUART Promoted: Bureau of Governmental Research, vice president and research director Stuart has been with the Bureau of...

BGR appoints new research director

By The Advocate

Source: The Advocate

July 2, 2017

The Bureau of Governmental Research has promoted longtime staff member Stephen Stuart to vice president and research director. He...

BGR names Stephen Stuart Vice President and Research Director

June 28, 2017

The Bureau of Governmental Research announced that it has promoted Stephen Stuart to the position of Vice President and...

First projects in New Orleans’ multibillion-dollar street repair campaign behind schedule

By Jeff Adelson

Source: The Advocate

June 26, 2017

New Orleans’ ambitious plan to pour billions of dollars into fixing its crumbling streets is already behind schedule before...