Politics & Policy

SBA giving break to borrowers appealing PPP decisionsĀ 

The Small Business Administration is changing its policy that forces Paycheck Protection Program borrowers...

JR Ball: Thank you, Dwight Hudson

Props to Dwight Hudson for inadvertently exposing the disaster that is the hodgepodge of government disfunction we have in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Riegel: Making a case for CATS

CATS has a tax renewal coming up; before deciding how to vote, take time to actually study what's happening at the agency.

As more employers mandate vaccines, legal questions arise

With the massive FMOL health system, parent to Our Lady of the Lake Regional...

Publisher: Mayor, council need real solution for drainage problem

Drainage is a significant problem in Baton Rouge and it won't be solved by taking money from Peter to put a bandaid on Paul.

LSU appoints Jacqueline Bach as acting vice provostĀ 

LSU today announced it has appointed Jacqueline Bach as acting vice provost for academic...
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$10M in Louisiana tax refunds unclaimed

Louisiana's revenue department said thousands of taxpayers have until Sept. 15 to claim more...

Louisiana reaches record high for COVID hospitalizations

Louisiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations surged to record levels today, with 2,112 largely unvaccinated people in...

News alert: FMOL system mandates vaccines for all employees

The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, which owns Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge and four other hospitals around the state, announced this morning it will mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all team members, employed providers, residents, students in clinical rotations, contract staff, and volunteers.

Tax Foundation: Proposed amendments would lessen tax burden, make Louisiana more competitive

Proposed changes to Louisiana’s tax system would ā€œsimplify the state’s tax code, lessen residents’...