Politics & Policy

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

State will pay to retrain workers for in-demand jobs

Louisiana adults will be able to access grants to pay for education for high-demand,...

Local businesses navigate whether to ask non-vaccinated customers to mask up

Absent a statewide mask mandate and with looser federal restrictions, some local businesses are asking customers to follow an honor code, while others are allowing them to shed the masks entirely.

PAR calls for increased state funding for early childhood education

The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana today released a report on Louisiana’s early...

‘LaPolitics’: Fall ballot may be swayed by local influencers

Voter opinions on proposed constitutional amendments may turn on local influencers this fall, many...

NOLA-BR passenger service at risk from Canadian National-Kansas City Southern merger backlash

The planned merger between Canadian National Railway Co. and Kansas City Southern is getting...

Edwards signs sexual misconduct bills prompted by LSU scandal

Gov. John Bel Edwards this week signed a series of new laws designed to...
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Juban’s co-owner: ‘We will be opening, we just don’t know when’

While much about Juban’s Creole Restaurant remains up in the air, one thing is for certain: It will open again someday.

Sports betting in Louisiana expected by football season

Gov. John Bel Edwards this week signed legislation allowing sports betting after voters in...

Sen. Bill Cassidy a key player in infrastructure negotiations

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is among a cohort of senators working to broker an...

Edwards signs ‘orphan’ oil well tax exemption into law

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday signed into law a program to help fix...
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