Recently, environmental groups have called for the removal of oil and gas industry representatives from Louisiana’s Oilfield Site Restoration Commission, the body that oversees the Department of Natural Resources' Orphan Well Program.
Judi Terzotis, president and publisher of The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com in New Orleans and The Advocate in Baton Rouge, has been named Editor & Publisher magazine’s 2021 Publisher of the Year.
As Metro Council members begin to delve into Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s spending plan for the $73 million in American Rescue Plan dollars headed to Baton Rouge, they’re starting to ask questions
Some places in Louisiana have 20-year-old flood insurance rate maps that no longer reflect reality, a certified floodplain manager with the Baton Rouge-based Center for Planning Excellence says.
After several months of feuding with lawmakers over funding for various projects and her administration’s COVID-19 restrictions, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has come out against the legislative leadership's crown jewel on the fall ballot—Constitutional Amendment No. 1 to centralize sales tax collections.