BGR Recommends Improving the City Council’s Evaluation of S&WB Funding Proposals
In a November 28 letter to the New Orleans City Council, BGR expressed concern that the council does not...
On Politics: Is ‘Healthy Homes’ funded?; S&WB drainage fee revisited; graffiti gains
Housing advocates and City Council members were surprised when they opened up Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s proposed 2024 budget to...
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...
BGR Offers Spanish and Vietnamese Translations of S&WB Report Summaries
NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has released Spanish and Vietnamese translations of a new report about the...
BGR Offers Spanish and Vietnamese Translations of S&WB Report Summaries
New Orleans residents concerned about the future of the Sewerage and Water Board, but whose primary language is Spanish...
Eiffel Tower, Panama Canal… S&WB? New Orleans’ drainage system joins cadre of engineering marvels
There are wonders of the ancient world. There are wonders of the modern world. There are UNESCO World Heritage...
Nonprofit floats stormwater fee to shore up drainage system costs
Inevitably, impossibly, New Orleans lives with water. “With,” though, is a flexible term that, for more than 100 years,...
Checking In With New Orleans City Council
Joe Giarrusso joins Tommy to talk about the Sewerage and Water Board and the changes it’s going to see. ...
WBOK Interview: BGR Report on S&WB Governance, May 22, 2023
Click the video above to listen to the interview. To access BGR’s report, click here.
Flawed Governance Structure of the Sewerage & Water Board to Key Problems Affecting The City
Rebecca Mowbray and Jamie Parker joins Newell to talk about (BGR) publishing a report earlier this week, called “Waterworks...
