Politics & Policy

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

Pandemic unemployment fraud may top $400B, according to experts

Unemployment fraud during the pandemic could easily reach $400 billion, according to some estimates,...

Dwight Hudson wants voters to rededicate portion of library, mosquito tax dollars for drainage

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson will soon push for a measure asking voters to rededicate a portion of tax dollars from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library System and Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control to pay for drainage and sewerage upkeep.

Comite diversion project hits snag over pipeline relocation

Elected officials have been eager of late to announce new projects and new funding...

How SBA lending programs could change

The new head of the Small Business Administration, Isabel Guzman, is eager to overhaul...

Louisiana session enters final stretch with tax issues yet to be settled

Louisiana lawmakers went into the final day of the legislative session this morning still...

City-parish plans to bid out drainage projects due to workforce shortage

The city-parish will bid out the drainage and flood-control projects it is proposing to fund with some of the recent pandemic relief money appropriated to Baton Rouge in order to get work going more quickly, city-parish Director of Transportation and Drainage Fred Raiford says.

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