BGR Reviews Spending and Impacts of the 2019 New Orleans Bond Authorization
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released Beyond the Ballot: Analyzing Spending and Impacts of the 2019 New...
Quin Hillyer: Back home in Louisiana, where personalities and politics are bigger than life
Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz,” though,...
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...
New Orleans is in a ‘good place’ before storm Francine, Sewerage & Water Board chief says
New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board Director Ghassan Korban said Tuesday the city’s pumping and drainage system is in...
Five years later, LaToya Cantrell’s ‘fair share’ deal delivering results, BGR says
Five years after New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell struck a historic deal to direct tourism-related taxes to city infrastructure...
What has been the impact of the 2019 “Fair Share” deal?
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BGR Finds ‘Fair Share’ Deal is Improving New Orleans Infrastructure, Can Be Strengthened
NEW ORLEANS — This week, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), a private, nonprofit, independent research organization dedicated to...
A city falling apart: Why New Orleans fails to stay dry, functional despite billions in funding
Renata Young blocks her front door with sandbags when it rains. During a recent downpour, the water near her...
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...
