Politics & Policy

The U.S. government may have misspent roughly $191 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits, a...

Voters should look closely at the actions of Jeff Landry and not simply support him for governor because he's a conservative Republican.

East Baton Rouge Parish business owners who are late paying sales or license taxes will likely pay a bit less in interest starting this year. 

The Louisiana Legislature ended its last budget cycle June 30 with $106.5 million worth of reserve funding. 

Seventy percent of small business owners in a recent survey gave the federal government...

A new audit examining dozens of recommended changes for nine state agencies found only about 40% have been fully implemented more than two years later. 

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will ask the Metro Council to appropriate $178,320 to hire an additional assistant chief administrative officer. 

Louisiana's combined state and local tax rate of 9.55% ranks the highest in the country for the second consecutive year, reports the Tax Foundation.

As state lawmakers approach their final regular session of the term, outside players like donors, consultants and even other elected officials are plotting paths to gain more Republican seats in the House and Senate during the fall elections.

The news that LSU football head coach Brian Kelly was overpaid a whopping $1...