Budget Agreement between City and Sheriff Critical to Solving Jail’s Chronic Problems

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) published a report today calling on the City of New Orleans and the Orleans...

Proposed charter change would make Code Enforcement a city department; BGR supports the idea

Click here to watch the video, and here to visit the BGR webpage for this report.

BGR Analyzes New Orleans Propositions on the Oct. 14 Ballot

NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: On Sept. 21, the Bureau of Governmental Research released three On...

BGR Analyzes New Orleans Propositions on October 14 Ballot

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases three On the Ballot reports for the October 14 election. The...

Reaching out: BGR translates S&WB report into Spanish, Vietnamese

The Bureau of Governmental Research has published Spanish and Vietnamese translations of its recent report summaries on the Sewerage...

Is There Concern Over The Cost Of A New Facility For A Jail?

Rebecca Mowbray and Paul Rioux join Tommy Tucker to talk about the cost and design of a new jail...

“Medieval at best” – multiple groups criticize proposed wing for NOLA prison

NEW ORLEANS — Following a series of stories by WWL-TV over the controversial design proposed for a new mental...

Design, cost concerns plague proposed Orleans Parish Jail facility

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Bureau of Governmental Research released a report supporting a review of the design and...

Good-government group backs review of costs, design of controversial Orleans jail wing

A federal judge should order a fresh review of the proposed design and costs of the controversial expansion to...

BGR Supports Review of Jail Facility Design and Cost

NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: On July 11, BGR published a report discussing concerns that...