Politics & Policy

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

Democrats promise challengers for Cassidy and Johnson

Speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Louisiana Democratic Party Executive...

BREC forms task force to assist interim superintendent in transition

BREC has created a Superintendent’s Advisory Task Force comprising business and community leaders who...

A Q&A with Jonathan Grimes

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge president and CEO weighs in on the...

Curtain call or comeback? Funding challenges and closures test Baton Rouge’s cultural sector

On May 1, Latin percussionist Sammy Figueroa took to the Manship Theatre stage to...

Louisiana companies tread carefully as political and cultural shifts reshape diversity efforts

Efforts to understand how Baton Rouge-area businesses are adapting to shifts in diversity, equity...

How ‘think-and-do tank’ Better Louisiana plans to achieve bold reforms

With an eye toward bold, systemic reform, two of Louisiana’s most influential advocacy groups—the...
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Rolfe McCollister: Mayor Broome is to blame

“Time for truth.” Those were the head-scratching words of former Mayor Sharon Weston Broome...

BREC appoints pair to interim leadership roles

BREC interim Superintendent Janet Simmons has appointed Maurice Velasquez as interim chief operating officer...

Reality TV wants to ride with BRPD

The Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to vote tonight on whether to allow...

‘LaPolitics’: A look at the amendments that will appear on state ballots in 2026

For the first time since 2013, Louisiana’s increasingly swollen constitution won’t be expanded this...
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