Houston firms to pay $3.6M to settle US gas market rigging case

The world’s fifth-largest integrated oil and gas company has agreed, along with one of...

Shreveport businessman challenging interpretation of Louisiana campaign finance law

A 21-year-old Louisiana Board of Ethics advisory opinion limiting when campaign contributions can be...

Melancon: Patent bills before Congress threaten continued innovation in Louisiana

Rhonda Melancon says there is nothing more intimately entwined with the American Dream than...

Alford: The great bipartisan experiment begins in Louisiana

When Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards is sworn into office on Jan. 11, the Democrat...

Amnesty period for outstanding warrants in Baton Rouge continues this week after overwhelming turnout Saturday

People lined up outside Baton Rouge City Court early this morning before the doors...

Election for Marcelle’s replacement won’t happen until November if she resigns before Jan. 1

Stung by criticism over her recommendation to fill the District 7 council seat that...

Baton Rouge area unemployment falls to 5.4% in October

Led by gains in construction and the professional and business services industry, the nine-parish...