Politics & Policy

Technically no one has announced to run for governor of Louisiana in 2023. There...

Louisiana residents will have a chance to review 10 proposed locations for a new bridge over the Mississippi River in the Baton Rouge area.

More than 211 million sports bets were placed on mobile betting apps in Louisiana during February, a month that provided numerous opportunities for wagers including NBA basketball, the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl.

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled $18.7 million in January, a 17.5% increase over the same month in 2021.  

The Capital Area Road and Bridge District at a meeting today is expected to narrow from 20 the number of locations still in play for a new Mississippi River bridge, the director of an industry-backed transportation group says. 

As the Legislature prepares to go into a special session Wednesday to decide whether...

The Louisiana Legislature is all but certain to have a veto override session starting Wednesday. What Republican leaders don’t know is whether they have enough votes to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection and put their version of Louisiana’s congressional map into place.

Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their plate: taxes.

Enhanced federal subsidies have led consumers that otherwise would have gotten health insurance through their employer to seek policies on the individual market instead, says Michael Bertaut, a health care economist with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. 

Louisiana education leaders’ message to state lawmakers was clear: The teacher shortage in K-12 schools has reached emergency levels, Louisiana Illuminator reports.