Politics & Policy

Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners is offering to partner with the city of Pleasantville, New Jersey, to run its wastewater system.

Acquisition: Regions Bank this morning announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire...

There is still one spot of business to tend to from this current election cycle, but voters won't head to the polls for it until Jan. 15. That's when Catahoula Parish officials will administer a special election to replace Police Juror Steve Poole, who died last month following an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle. Of course, that's not the only election around the corner. The state has municipal elections slated for March and April and the big congressional ballot is scheduled for the fall. In other words, the next 12 months will offer up plenty of politics.

Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The Tax Foundation ranks Louisiana's business tax climate 42nd among states in its annual ranking, but improvement should be on the way.

Major U.S. air carriers warned Wednesday that plans by wireless carriers to use spectrum for 5G wireless services starting Jan. 5 could disrupt thousands of daily flights and cost air passengers $1.6 billion each year in delays, Reuters reports.

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is trying to stop an effort to allow the U.S....

In East Baton Rouge Parish, the once-in-a-decade effort to redraw political boundaries is barely getting started but it has already led to a lawsuit threat and a consultant quitting in frustration.

Baton Rouge ranks last among the nation’s 100 major cities and metropolitan areas for efforts to promote clean energy and mitigate climate change, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

The board that oversees East Baton Rouge Parish’s redevelopment authority will meet tomorrow and begin the search to find a replacement for outgoing CEO Chris Tyson.