Politics & Policy

Contractors have plugged more than 10% of Louisiana’s orphaned oil well sites in the first six and half months of work funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021. 

As states rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, lawmakers are  often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.

Gov. John Bel Edwards says more work is needed to close the gap in funding between the state’s two land-grant universities. 

Editor's Note: This was written by BREC Superintendent Corey K. Wilson in response to...

The Planning Commission next month will consider two new large subdivisions that local developers are proposing off Old Scenic Highway. 

In a research note about this morning’s jobs report, the chief economist at consulting...

While Director Scott Sullivan developed the concept, he says he partnered with East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore to make it happen. The film will be part of a curriculum Moore’s office will roll out later, possibly early next year.

U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs last month, fewer than expected, as the higher interest rates continued to weigh on the economy. But the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% in a sign that the job market remains resilient.

Certain members of the Legislature were greeted last weekend with unflattering direct mail pieces from the Louisiana chapter of Americans for Prosperity.

Should the Biden administration continue to stall offshore oil and gas leases it could...