Politics & Policy

The Federal Railroad Administration is expected in September or October to announce whether it will award a $100 million-plus grant that could lead to the resumption of passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Entergy has pushed the estimated power restoration time back to this evening after Monday afternoon’s thunderstorm left 23,000 businesses and homes in East Baton Rouge Parish without electricity.  

Right now, there seems to be more questions than answers about the evolving role of artificial intelligence in Louisiana politics and government relations. 

The Small Business Administration is undergoing an overhaul that it says will simplify loan...

A fraudulent $15,000 withdrawal from a city-parish employee’s deferred retirement account was not reported to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office or the district attorney as required by law, the LLA reports. 

Could turnout for the fall statewide ballot be less than impressive? Some pollsters are starting to wonder.

With $14 billion in new federal funding, the infrastructure law passed in 2021 was supposed to jolt efforts to protect the U.S. highway network from a changing climate and curb carbon emissions that are warming the planet. 

A measure of consumer prices that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve fell last month to its lowest level since March 2021, the latest sign that inflation in the U.S. is steadily cooling from its once-painful highs.

Louisiana travelers are still stuck in the nationwide passport backlog, USA Today Network reports,...

Mark Bieger, who served as LSU’s vice president of strategy for two years, has left for a new job leading the West Point Association of Graduates.