Politics & Policy

Southeast Louisiana residents say Lake Maurepas is one of the last remaining unspoiled waterways in the state, and they’re begging state officials to stop Air Products from building a series of wells and pipelines for its carbon capture project. 

The new chief transportation engineer for Ascension Parish brings more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors to his new role. 

This story has been changed since its original publication to reflect that BREC currently...

There are more feral hogs in Louisiana than there are people in Baton Rouge,...

Forty-four Louisiana legislators, 12 in the Senate and 32 in the House, consistently voted to support small businesses during this year’s regular session, according to a scorecard published by the National Federation of Independent Businesses this week. 

Almost two years after he came to LSU as the newly created vice president for strategy, Mark Bieger has left the university, leaving LSU’s strategic plan unfinished.  

The two-story lobby of Ochsner’s gleaming $116 million medical complex at The Grove was...

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East Baton Rouge city-parish officials are preparing to issue a third tall grass violation letter to the current owners of what was once the site of the Salsbury Dodge dealership on Airline Highway after area residents filed a complaint about the property. 

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library System is no longer collecting fines for overdue books or other items, the system announced this morning.