Politics & Policy

Government decisions, legislation, elections, and public policy shaping business and daily life across the Baton Rouge region and Louisiana.

Allen Stanford appeal expected to delay $257M in victim payments

Allen Stanford, convicted of leading a multibillion-dollar investment fraud, is appealing two court-approved settlements from prison.

BRPD Chief Murphy Paul leaving at the end of the year

Baton Rouge Police Department Chief Murphy Paul is planning to step down later this year after five and a half years in the role, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced this morning.

US inflation falls to 3%, its lowest level in more than two years

After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the U.S. has reached its lowest point in more than two years—3% in June compared with 12 months earlier—a sign that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes have steadily slowed price increases across the economy.

CNBC gives Louisiana dismal business ranking

Louisiana came in 49th in CNBC’s annual Top States for Business ranking, outranking only Alaska.

State creates position aimed at boosting response to environmental threats

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed legislation to create a state chief resilience officer, a position within the governor’s office that will coordinate policy response to environmental hazards and threats to the state.

The chaos that was the Legislature

Much of what was accomplished, or not, during the legislative session has been overshadowed by the mayhem of its final hours.

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Alford: A transitional time at the state Capitol

Between the threat of additional sessions this summer and reelection campaigns in the fall, there will be no shortage of political action in Louisiana’s Capitol as the Legislature and Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration move through the final year of this term of state government.