Watch: Breakfast Briefing with Mayor Helena Moreno
On Wednesday, March 11th, BGR hosted a Breakfast Briefing with New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno focused on her early...
Get Out and About this Fall
Fall is here and it’s time get out of the office! Fortunately, many regional business groups are hosting great...
BGR Briefing Examines Post-Katrina Reforms, Future Civic Engagement
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina reshaped New Orleans, a panel of civic leaders and...
Does St. Tammany need more affordable housing? A new study aims to answer that, and more
When Chris Masingill makes recruiting calls to businesses scouting St. Tammany Parish, he says housing for their workers is...
New Orleans secures funding for water treatment, drainage infrastructure
New Orleans’ drainage and power infrastructure has just secured funding for a much needed upgrade that will address the...
Watch Replay of Breakfast Briefing: Sewerage and Water Board Update
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research hosted its fourth and final Breakfast Briefing of the year. Our speaker was...
New Orleans has about 200 days and 400 things to do before it hosts the Super Bowl
There are just less than 200 days to go until New Orleans hosts Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025, and...
Addressing the State of the French Quarter at June 26 Breakfast Briefing
Today, BGR presented a Breakfast Briefing entitled “French Quarter in Focus: A Conversation on the State of the Vieux...
How can Jefferson Parish hide its ugly drainage canals? There’s a new idea in the works.
After years of handwringing over how to spruce up its unsightly and often unsafe drainage canals, Jefferson Parish is...
Severe storms overtopped Jefferson Parish canals for the first time in 10 years
Last Wednesday’s severe weather overwhelmed Jefferson Parish’s drainage infrastructure, causing widespread street flooding — and for the first time...
