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Alford: Polling and politics are a match made in hell

Have you seen any polls lately? Did you get our poll? You're not going to cover...

Legislative Auditor: Louisiana needs easier way to dissolve dying cities

Should Louisiana’s dying towns be kept on life support? The long-standing question dominated much...

After getting $500M in Texas tax breaks, Exxon cuts job creation forecast

Two years ago, ExxonMobil and its Saudi Arabian partner secured more than $500 million...

Belle of Baton Rouge owners, Eldorado Resorts, buy Caesars

While Baton Rouge gaming operatives are waiting to see if Eldorado Resorts will invest...

Parish attorney search committee to meet Tuesday; one applicant drops out

More than a month after applications were due for the vacated East Baton Rouge...

Riegel: Making sense of the MovEBR management contracts

How, exactly, will the city-parish and its two program management teams of 16 engineering...

News alert: Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoes St. George transition bill

Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed Senate Bill 229, which would have created a...

Baton Rouge looking to enter cooperative agreement for Healthy Food Retail Initiative

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome is asking the Metro Council to approve the city-parish entering...

City-parish, neighborhoods pushing to amend 5G small cell tower ordinance

City-parish leaders and neighborhood groups, after forming a task force and seeking legal counsel,...

Funes directed $180k of stolen money to father of former LSU football player

John Paul Funes—who pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $550,000 from the Our...