Two days after City Council President JP Morrell sharply criticized the Sewerage & Water Board executive director’s performance, and less than a week before the council gains sweeping new oversight powers over the utility, SWBNO used its official website to publish an unusually detailed account of Hayman’s career and accomplishments. On Monday afternoon, the Sewerage […]
Editor’s note: This story will be updated as we receive additional information. Residents on the East Bank of New Orleans are only now being notified of a drinking water violation that occurred in January 2025—nearly five months ago—raising serious concerns over transparency, public health, and accountability at the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans […]
New Orleans residents have had it with the bills. Not just the rent or the groceries — but the utility costs that keep climbing with no clear end in sight. From Entergy New Orleans to the Sewerage and Water Board (SWBNO), households are paying hundreds of dollars every month just to pay Entergy bill, keep […]
New Orleans is a city with soul in every sense — from the music and food to the culture and the grit of the resilient people who keep it all alive. But that soul is under pressure. With the New Orleans cost of living climbing fast — from skyrocketing utility bills to stagnant wages, from […]
New Orleans was built on a dream—and on a swamp. And in 2025, that dream is collapsing under the weight of cracked asphalt, sunken sewer lines, and a city government that keeps digging holes deeper than it knows how to fill. At the heart of the New Orleans infrastructure crisis: an $800 million budget shortfall […]
The Louisiana State Bond Commission denied $39 million in funding for a critical New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board infrastructure project at the urging of Attorney General Jeff Landry.
New Orleans City Council Vice President JP Morrell says that "SWB billing relief is on the way" following the passage of HB 652, which gives the Council the ability to conduct financial audits and regulate the billing policies of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (SWB).
Entergy's move to pull out of a major agreement to provide $30 million for a dedicated substation at the Sewerage & Water Board's Carrolton Plant won't stop the substation from moving forward, said New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno on Monday.
Will the corruption ever stop? The FBI made a surprise visit to the SWBNO (NOLA Sewage and Water Board) main office on Joseph Street this morning to gather what was thought to be payroll records of certain employees in the SWBNO plumbing department. WWL broke a story last night regarding what they called "a complex […]
Much like the 1970’s English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Xavier University staffer Bart Everson, former state Senator J.P. Morrell and City Councilmember Kristin Palmer often sang the same tune at Wednesday night’s forum in the city council at-large division 2 race which was hosted by the Gambit. That’s not to say the […]
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