Politics & Policy

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

BREC gets $4.7M for Cypress Bayou flood mitigation project

BREC has secured funding for a Louisiana Watershed Initiative project to help reduce flood...

Louisiana’s new voting machine selection process won’t please everyone 

Gov. John Bel Edwards, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and Republican lawmakers have agreed...

Roundup: Oil and gas mergers / EPA approval / Retail sales boost 

Surging: U.S. oil and gas mergers surged last quarter with the most $1 billion-plus...

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who knew power and prison, dies at 93

Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was...

Legislators serve business interests

The 2021 Louisiana legislative session was one of the best in recent years for the business community, with legislators approving most wish-list items.

‘LaPolitics’: Gun issue drawing fire ahead of veto session

If lawmakers convene a history-making veto override session later this month, as many expect,...
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New LSU president removes university’s highest ranking woman

While LSU’s new President William Tate promised bold and swift change at the university,...

Design: Walker City Hall

The primary goal for the new Walker City Hall was to have space for future expansion as the Livingston Parish city grows.

Canadian National’s final railroad pitch impacts possible BR-NOLA passenger service

Canadian National has made its final pitch to regulators for preliminary approval of its...

One commissioner will say no to BREC’s millage rate tax increase

At least one BREC commissioner is opposed to BREC’s desire to “roll forward” the park system’s property tax millage rate to the maximum allowable 14.463 mills, up from its current 13.72 mills.
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