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New Orleans has about 200 days and 400 things to do before it hosts the Super Bowl
By Chelsea Brasted
Source: Axios New Orleans
July 30, 2024
There are just less than 200 days to go until New Orleans hosts Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025, and...
A city falling apart: Why New Orleans fails to stay dry, functional despite billions in funding
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
June 27, 2024
Renata Young blocks her front door with sandbags when it rains. During a recent downpour, the water near her...
Addressing the State of the French Quarter at June 26 Breakfast Briefing
June 26, 2024
Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing entitled “French Quarter in Focus: A Conversation on the State of the Vieux...
Severe storms overtopped Jefferson Parish canals for the first time in 10 years
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 17, 2024
Last Wednesday’s severe weather overwhelmed Jefferson Parish’s drainage infrastructure, causing widespread street flooding — and for the first time...
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...Learn about Jefferson Parish Infrastructure Strategies at April 16 Event
By Rich Collins
Source: Biz New Orleans
April 9, 2024
METAIRIE, La. — The Bureau of Governmental Research is hosting a “breakfast briefing” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m....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’...