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‘LaPolitics’: Redistricting session faces more delays

Usually around this time in the decennial redistricting process state lawmakers would be knee-deep...

Consultant’s report paints ominous picture of EBR public schools

“If significant changes are not made quickly, East Baton Rouge Parish runs the risk...

First National Bank expanding into Baton Rouge; plans rebrand

North Louisiana-based First National Bank is expanding into the Baton Rouge market with a branch on Corporate Boulevard.

JR Ball: When property tax incompetence is rewarded

The incompetence of Baton Rouge Tax Assessor Brian Wilson is enabling the wealthy and influential to get a steep property tax discount—and nobody seems to care.

Attorney General Jeff Landry signs onto coastal lawsuit settlement

Attorney General Jeff Landry announced this morning he’s backing a $100 million settlement between...

Louisiana using single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for large immunization events

Trying to get more coronavirus vaccines in arms, Louisiana is using nearly half its...
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Study: Medicaid expansion cut uncompensated care costs 33% in Louisiana hospitals

A new study by researchers at Tulane University finds that the state’s 2016 expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has had a significant impact in reducing what hospitals spend caring for uninsured patients.

Riegel: Shotgun weddings are bad for economic development

The manner in which the LSU board handled the awarding of an energy services contract for the Baton Rouge campus is a black eye for Louisiana's economic development efforts.

A chilling decision

LSU’s handling of a massive energy services contract for its main campus has scared off potential bidders and damaged the state’s already tarnished image.

Complaint alleges Metro Council violated open meetings law in Alton Sterling settlement talks

Longtime neighborhood activist Mary Jane Marcantel has filed a complaint with East Baton Rouge...