Politics & Policy

Design: To keep pace with growth in the parish, the Ascension Parish Courthouse was designed for enhanced security and more courtrooms.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical today of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers.

Cases of the omicron variant are surging in Baton Rouge and across Louisiana, sparking concern for overworked health care professions and worry about its economic impact.

The Capital Area Transit System parted ways with Chief Administrative Officer Pearlina Thomas in a brief, three-sentence letter this week, WBRZ-TV reports. 

The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. 

Two public meetings slated for Tuesday will help set up the final dominoes for the governor's annual budget proposal and the Legislature's upcoming redistricting session.

The Louisiana Department of Health today reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases, with 14,000 people testing positive over the past 24 hours. 

Capital Region companies with 100 or more employees should begin preparing to implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and testing policy.

Amtrak and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced an agreement, with Amtrak supporting the...

Local officials and Mardi Gras krewes are “cautiously optimistic” that parades will roll as planned this year despite COVID-19 concerns.