Politics & Policy

In one of the first gubernatorial forums of the election cycle, hosted earlier this week by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, the central characters in this cycle’s premier production offered us an overview of what to expect in the months leading up to August qualifying. 

State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, plans to try again to impose real-time public air monitoring for Louisiana industrial plants. 

Supporters of more stringent environmental regulation of Louisiana industry plan to take another swing at requiring plants to operate monitoring systems.

Members of the State Bond Commission met Friday and opted against placing any restrictions...

What used to be a rare one-two punch of consecutive hurricanes hitting about the same place in the U.S. weeks apart seems to be happening more often

A recent poll paid for by Jeff Landry’s campaign shows the attorney general as...

Projected state and local tax revenues from hotels are expected to eclipse pre-pandemic levels this year to bring more than $1 billion to Louisiana.

After years of failing to convince lawmakers to raise the minimum wage for all Louisiana residents, Gov. John Bel Edwards may have to settle for raising it for just state government employees.

A majority of the nation’s business economists expect a U.S. recession to begin later this year than they had previously forecast, after a series of reports have pointed to a surprisingly resilient economy despite steadily higher interest rates.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry today released a response to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ state budget proposal.