Politics & Policy

After months of anticipation, small businesses now have a glimpse of what a revamped...

Last year, Louisiana lawmakers approved legislation that allows "any interested person" to challenge the state’s occupational licensing restrictions.

The state’s most prominent business lobby will look a little different during this year’s legislative session now that Stephen Waguespack

A three-year initiative launched by Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration in late 2019 to recruit new grocery stores to underserved neighborhoods in the parish sunsetted last year without any deals for a new store. 

Of the hundreds of bills filed ahead of next week’s regular legislative session, dozens...

Addressing an insurance crisis gets top billing during the upcoming legislative session, but numerous familiar pro-business issues will share the stage.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, as always, will push for transportation infrastructure upgrades during the legislative session that starts Monday. 

At least three conservative Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives have formed the new House Freedom Caucus

With the official end of the COVID-19 health emergency, Louisiana is expected to begin dropping hundreds of thousands of people from Medicaid rolls later this year. 

The government says that by 2031 there will be an estimated 4.8 million more men and women who are at least 65 years old in the U.S. workforce.