Politics & Policy

The NCAA’s new name, image and likeness rule is good for LSU football and its players, as long as it is handled the right way, coach Ed Orgeron said at Wednesday’s Rotary Club luncheon. 

For the city and parish combined, recurring city-parish sales and use tax collections totaled...

As coronavirus vaccine interest plummeted in Louisiana, the state saw a spike in the...

Senate Republicans reached a deal with Democrats today over major outstanding issues in a...

What was surprising is that the third-largest grant award in Baton Rouge went—not to the Manship Theatre or the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, as you might expect—but to Baton Rouge Sports Restaurant Inc., a Bennington Avenue establishment better known by the name under which it does business, The Penthouse Club.

While the rise in COVID-19 cases in Baton Rouge in recent weeks could threaten many local festivals and events, downtown organizers plan to carry on with plans until they are told otherwise.

The pandemic, and the federally boosted unemployment insurance payouts, led to what may turn...

Louisiana has spent $47 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding so far, according to...

There were 6,797 new COVID-19 cases reported to the state since July 26, the...

A little-known state law could become an effective tool in helping prosecutors go after the owners of properties that create a public nuisance and foster criminal activity.