Politics & Policy

Malapportionment data shows adjustments are needed in election boundaries for not only Congress and the Legislature, but also the Public Service Commission, Supreme Court and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. 

​​The Southside Civic Association board is opposing a rezoning request that would clear the way for Churchill’s, a longtime cigar and spirits retailer with a smoking lounge and cocktail bar,

A bipartisan panel of state legislators slammed AT&T for failing to appear Monday at a Joint Commerce Committee hearing at the Louisiana Capitol amid concerns over emergency communication failures during and after Hurricane Ida, The Center Square reports. 

East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes have reached an agreement to share the expenses of clearing and snagging Bayou Manchac, a key drainage basin for both parishes.

Investigations and efforts from the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to address unfair or exclusionary practices in the real estate industry, on top of several civil lawsuits filed this year, pose a challenge to traditional residential real estate commissions and brokerage rules, according to The Wall Street Journal.  

A request for annexation into the city of Baton Rouge filed by a dozen homeowners in the Willow Ridge subdivision, which sits on the border between the city and the prospective city of St. George, is expected to generate intense debate at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting.

The Legislature’s Joint Governmental Affairs Committee met Friday for the first of  many redistricting sessions to draw new maps that determine which voters to include in their districts in addition to other statewide political boundaries—a project that will impact Louisiana elections for the next decade. 

Unemployment claims in the state rose for a second straight week and Southeast Louisiana, specifically,...

LSU athletics today announced it has entered into a multiyear sponsorship agreement with Caesars Sportsbook, making it the first college in the Southeastern Conference to partner with a sports betting service.  

Concern in Southdowns is brewing over a request by developer Tommy Spinosa to amend the concept plan for Rouzan so that he can subdivide a 1.6-acre tract he still owns in the rear of the traditional neighborhood development.