Politics & Policy

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

Go inside the numbers of EBR’s February sales tax collections

East Baton Rouge Parish officials collected about $18.4 million in sales taxes in February, which was about 5.2% more than during the same month last year, the city-parish reports. 

Baton Rouge hospitals examined in ‘60 Minutes’ segment on state’s abortion ban

On Sunday, CBS’ 60 Minutes shined a spotlight on maternal health care in Louisiana and the impact that last year’s abortion ban has had on women at risk.  

State auditors question financial controls at BRCC

Baton Rouge Community College should be doing more to keep tabs on federal dollars and its own payroll, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office reports. 

US seizes First Republic Bank and quickly sells assets to JPMorgan Chase 

Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early this morning, making it the second-largest bank...

Schools are struggling to help students make up lost ground due to COVID 

Billions of federal dollars are available to help Louisiana students make up ground lost in the classroom to the COVID-19 pandemic, but some educators say they don’t have the staff to put the plans in place

With nearly a million feral hogs wreaking havoc in state, lawmakers look for solutions  

The feral hog population in Louisiana has gone from 600,000 to nearly 1 million, about the same as the combined human population for the state's largest four cities
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Louisiana gets closer to having primary authority over carbon capture wells

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began taking public comments today on Louisiana’s request to have primary authority over wells used in carbon capture and sequestration projects. 

Louisiana-based LNG supplier signs 20-year deal with Japan’s largest power generator

Venture Global has reached a long-term agreement to sell liquified natural gas from its Calcasieu Parish facility to Japan’s largest power provider. 

‘LaPolitics’: Q&A with Beth Mizell, the Senate president pro tem

LaPolitics: For the first time in 10 years, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus held...

Louisiana unemployed workers could see benefits cut in half 

Workers in Louisiana who lose their jobs would see half the unemployment benefits currently available if a proposal being considered in the legislature is approved. 
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