Politics & Policy

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

Analysis: Phaseout of 100% bonus depreciation will hurt business investment

A Tax Foundation analysis warns that the scheduled phaseout of 100% bonus depreciation will...

When will Louisiana’s cities get back to pre-pandemic jobs numbers? 

Most of Louisiana's metro areas are within 5% of their pre-pandemic jobs numbers, The Daily Advertiser reports

Connie Bernard won’t seek reelection to school board

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard, whose online shopping during a...

‘LaPolitics’: Cassidy has a key incentive to remain in Senate

With so much speculation surrounding the possibility of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy running for...

Louisiana on notice after failing to submit clean air plan to EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued formal notices last week to Louisiana and 14...

US hiring slows in August as employers add 315,000 jobs

America’s employers slowed their hiring in August in the face of rising interest rates,...
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District attorney says Ronald Greene grand jury will convene soon 

District Attorney John Belton says he intends to convene a special grand jury within...

Fed hopes August hiring report will show slowdown

Raging inflation has so scrambled the economy that it’s come to this: If Friday’s...

Work begins on $146M women’s prison in St. Gabriel 

Work has begun in Louisiana on a $146 million women’s prison to replace a...

$600M grain elevator along Mississippi River gets permit hearing today

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to hold a permit hearing today about a $600 million grain elevator that would be built near Whitney Plantation in St. John the Baptist Parish. 
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