Politics & Policy

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has spent years improving Louisiana’s coast. Hurricane Ida may have put a damper on its work.

Whether it's economic development districts or TIF deals, the Metro Council loves giving away our tax dollars to the politically-connected.

With money and public attention focused on the issue, Baton Rouge is poised to address its decades-old flooding and drainage problems. But does it have the will to really change?

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today joined regional economic development organizations in the hurricane-impacted...

A sale notice for Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico will likely...

Debris cleanup from Hurricane Ida will cost an estimated $9 million in East Baton Rouge Parish, which was largely spared the worst of the storm.

Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation on Monday ensuring emergency personnel like first responders, health care employees and utility workers have hotel rooms to stay in while assisting affected Louisiana residents and repairing infrastructure. 

As search-and-rescue operations connected to Hurricane Ida gave way to a long recovery process...

Baton Rouge-based APTIM has been awarded an $25 million contract from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Hurricane Ida plunged more than 1 million customers on the Gulf Coast into darkness,...