Politics & Policy

Government decisions, legislation, elections, and public policy shaping business and daily life across the Baton Rouge region and Louisiana.

Alford: Big decisions lie ahead for House speaker

Over the coming days and weeks, Speaker Clay Schexnayder is expected to make a...

McCollister: Metro Council should reject Hudson’s tax swap plan

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson is proposing to grab $4 million of those tax dollars and effectively redirect them for drainage projects.

Louisiana casinos bouncing back, but attendance still low

Louisiana's casinos, video gaming devices and racetrack slot machines saw revenues jump more than...

Flood projects money is coming, city-parish begins negotiating with landowners

The Broome administration is moving forward with plans to acquire more than 340 acres of low-lying undeveloped property in Baton Rouge’s floodplain in an effort to improve drainage throughout the parish.

Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate library, pest control taxes to drainage under fire

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate a portion of tax dollars from...

Louisiana’s COVID-19 surge delaying other surgeries

Our Lady of the Lake Regional today announced it has temporarily stopped taking inpatients...

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Search for DDD executive director has slowed, board chair says

The Downtown Development District has been searching for a new executive director since the death of longtime leader Davis Rhorer in March. Now, board chair Melanie Montanaro says the search has slowed as commission members and city workers needed to assist in the search have been on summer vacations.