The BFM Report · Aug 16, 2026

The Sunday Briefing: Week of August 17

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Consent decrees ending, water systems under attack, a river that cannot pay its own power bill, and the dates that matter this week.

Good morning. Five things, the numbers, and one thing worth doing.

Five things this week

One. Consent decrees are being dissolved. A Louisiana school board and the federal government agreed to end 61 years of desegregation oversight in Bossier Parish, announced on the first day of classes. The same state ended a mandate in Concordia Parish last month. On …

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