Politics & Policy

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

Should Louisiana end Entergy’s monopoly?

Like other investor-owned utilities, Entergy Louisiana is a for-profit monopoly. No matter how upset their customers get, they can’t take their business elsewhere. 

ExxonMobil, Chevron report unprecedented profits

Oil companies swam in record profits over the last few months at a time...

‘LaPolitics’: Political fishing season begins this weekend

Late July and early August is the time of year folks from Capitoland migrate south to Grand Isle for the hottest fishing rodeos of the political season.

LMOGA ‘encouraged’ by Senate Democrats’ energy security, climate package   

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck an agreement Wednesday

Study shows long-term benefits of lowering corporate income tax rate

Cuts to corporate income taxes provide broader and more sustained benefits to the economy than personal income tax reductions, the Tax Foundation reports. 

City-parish installing new parking kiosks downtown after years of delays 

After years of delays, the city-parish last month signed a contract for a new...
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Investors not gobbling up housing in Louisiana

A recent analysis cited in Governing found that only 15% of single-family homes in...

CATS oversight, foul odors, homelessness dot today’s Metro Council agenda

Two Metro Council members are calling for an investigation of the official conduct of...

How to know when a recession has begun

By one common definition, the U.S. economy is on the cusp of a recession....

Small businesses awarded $154B in federal contracts last year 

The federal government awarded $154.2 billion to small businesses in fiscal year 2021, an...
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