Politics & Policy

East Baton Rouge Parish’s recent attempt to provide more contracting opportunities to smaller firms and those owned by women, minorities and/or veterans was in one way fruitful. 

As of this week, eight Democrats and 11 Republicans have been elected to Louisiana’s 39-member Senate because they faced no opposition or candidate challenges.  

The Louisiana Department of Health issued about $112.6 million in Medicaid payments on behalf...

Both sprawling, public land-grant flagship universities in two of the poorest states in the nation, LSU and West Virginia University are more similar than you might think. 

Former LSU head football coach Les Miles continues to dodge attempts to make him testify in a former associate athletic director’s lawsuit, court documents show. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund is in desperate need of cash, with the agency projecting at least a $4 billion deficit in the weeks ahead—even as the government responds to devastating fires in Hawaii and the hurricane season continues toward its peak.

A survey released this week by an independent pollster suggests that Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry could win the Oct. 14 primary election outright and avoid a runoff election in November, USA Today Network reports. 

Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in July, the lowest rate ever for the month, beating out July 2022’s then-record 3.6%, according to data released today by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. 

A public hearing to discuss the possible sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to an out-of-state for-profit company has been pushed back from next week to October amid public criticism.

It’s either a rushed but genuine attempt to solve a legitimate issue, or part of a larger political strategy to oppose Louisiana’s transition to renewable energy.