Politics & Policy

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

Provider opposition holding up 19 Louisiana broadband grants worth $86.6M

Protests from current broadband internet providers continue to hold up grants meant to close...

EBR to hold final public meeting Tuesday about Stormwater Master Plan 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and the East Baton Rouge Stormwater Master Plan Project Team...

How to prepare your business for new cybersecurity regulations 

A whole suite of new cybersecurity regulations and enforcement are in the offing, both...

LSU no longer contracting with local nonprofit for sexual harassment training

LSU has declined to renew the contract of Sexual Trauma and Response, or STAR, the organization that has provided sexual assault and harassment awareness training to university employees following multiple instances of federal Title IX law violations. 

Growth Coalition wants predictability from new development rules

The temporary rules East Baton Rouge Parish has had in place over the past year to address flood

‘LaPolitics’: All eyes on Garret Graves; retention hold placed on voting records 

Watching Graves: During an interview last week with www.LaPoliticsWeekly.com, USA Today politics reporter Greg...
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Louisiana lawmakers react to Biden’s student debt cancellation

President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel some student loan debt is drawing praise from...

Will forgiven student loans be taxable in Louisiana?

Thousands of Louisiana borrowers are eligible to have a portion of their student loan...

State board taking up more than $60M in ITEP applications

The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry today is taking up about $60.3 million in Industrial Tax Exemption Program tax break applications for projects worth about $4.7 billion, the board’s agenda indicates. 

New climate law seeks to return carbon emissions regulatory authority to EPA

Louisiana industry groups in June celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Environmental...
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