Opinions

Commentary, editorials, and perspectives on the issues shaping business and the community across the Capital Region.

Strategic planning: Fact and fiction

What is strategic planning? A written strategic plan, when done well, is both the...

Insight: A summer of discontent

Summer weather forecasts in south Louisiana are often not very difficult to predict: “hot,...

JR Ball: The great Louisiana budget divide

Enough apparently is enough. That can of fiscal-cliff-flavored LaCroix our—ahem—state leaders have been kicking...

Riegel: Local control over Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program makes sense

Gov. John Bel Edwards set off alarm bells in June 2016, when he issued an...

‘Business Report’ Publisher: Who’s afraid of Louisiana’s fiscal cliff?

Last week, Gov. John Bel Edwards arranged a meeting with a group of business...

A Teachable Moment: The Challenge of Equity in Baton Rouge

We can learn a lot from the recent controversy over the Baton Rouge Area...
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‘Business Report’ Publisher: The politics of mayor’s BTR tax plan

Everyone is reminded daily that traffic stinks in Baton Rouge. Mayor Sharon Weston Broome...

JR Ball: People are the story of Louisiana Flood of 2016

Here’s the thing about life-changing events: You rarely see them coming. The split-second decisions made...

Riegel: Sidewalk spat says a lot about parochial Baton Rouge

When the board of directors of the Stanford Oaks Property Owners Association voted in...

JR Ball: Government distrust in Baton Rouge is expensive

If we’ve learned anything from the fortnight debate over our unwillingness to support new...
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