Politics & Policy

A piece of the 2017 tax law that went into effect this year is leaving small, research-intensive businesses with IRS bills they can’t pay, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

An Orleans Parish judge lifted an injunction in the Folgers Coffee Co. tax exemption...

Entergy Louisiana today announced it has filed a request with the Louisiana Public Service Commission to add an additional 3 gigawatts of solar power generation to its capacity.

Republicans now have supermajority in both Louisiana’s House and Senate after iconic Rep. Francis...

Secretary of state: Public Service Commissioner Mike Francis, R-Jena, announced his candidacy this week....

A state audit released Wednesday details how the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners...

An ordinance meant to crack down on slumlords passed by the Metro Council late last fall is having unintended consequences, WAFB-TV reports. 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, GNO Inc., and the SOLA Super Region Committee are calling Wednesday’s approval of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern merger the “most important step forward” for creating the long-proposed passenger rail link between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. 

Lowering Louisiana’s relatively high taxes on insurance premiums could help to attract more insurers to the state, says Jim Patterson

Louisiana’s coastal program is "on solid ground" financially for the next several years, with several large projects making significant progress, officials said Wednesday.