Briefing: N.O. Public Works Leaders Discuss Progress on Street Projects

Today, BGR presented “Rebuilding Our Infrastructure, Making New Orleans Resilient,” a Breakfast Briefing to discuss progress on New Orleans’...

New BGR Report Urges Budget Agreement for Jail

NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has published a report calling on the City of New Orleans and the...

New Bureau of Governmental Research report urges budget agreement for Orleans Parish Prison

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — As the New Orleans City Council prepares its 2024 budget, the Bureau of Governmental Research...

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...