Politics & Policy

Nearly three years after developer Prescott Bailey gave up on his plans for Atwater, a proposed 250-acre residential development on River Road near the Iberville Parish line, John Engquist is picking up the pieces and moving forward with new plans for the site.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser was scrambling Monday morning to shore up Louisiana's festival, fair...

St. Francisville is the latest community to do battle over building moratoriums.   Earlier this summer, the town extended a one-year moratorium, originally passed in 2020, on new major subdivisions and also amended the restriction to include multifamily developments.

LSU President William Tate has named a former colleague from the University of South...

LSU and Southern University were awarded funds in late July to add electric vehicle...

While we may never know the results of every poll that rings our phones...

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday announced $34 million in federal funding for 13 flood risk reduction projects. Of that $34 million, East Baton Rouge Parish will receive $6 million for the Jones Creek Detention Project, which the parish will use to purchase land for water retention near the creek.

Even though just a fraction of federal COVID-19 rental assistance money received by the...

Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre is celebrating after receiving notification early Thursday from the U.S....

William “Bill” Richardson, who, through dual appointments as vice chancellor of the LSU AgCenter and dean of the College of Agriculture, was one of the most powerful administrators on campus, has stepped down and will return to a faculty position.