Politics & Policy

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

What’s at stake for Louisiana in today’s infrastructure bill vote

A vote is scheduled today in the U.S. House on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that would send $6 billion to Louisiana for roads and bridges during the first five years of its rollout.

Who’s responsible for fixing the lights on I-10 and why aren’t they doing it?

The streetlights have been a problem for months that continues to get worse, yet City Hall and Entergy are at something of an impasse over how to fix them. Why? It’s complicated.

Louisiana industry so far not seeing benefit from oil price spike

The recent increase in the price of oil could lead to increases in production and jobs, but the change isn’t showing up in the data yet, the acting president for a state industry group says.

LSU Title IX office remains short on staffing

After months of working on recommendations given by the Husch Blackwell reports and lawmakers,...

EBR Parish schools facing shortage of cafeteria workers, substitute teachers

East Baton Rouge Parish schools started the school year with a teacher shortage, which is not unusual, but are now struggling to staff cafeterias and find substitute teachers after many were displaced by the hurricane or are taking leaves from work.

Sasha Thackaberry latest administrator to leave LSU

Sasha Thackaberry, LSU’s vice president of online learning and continuing education, has left the school after a little more than three years for a top administrative post at National University, a San Diego-based institution that specializes in online learning.

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