Politics & Policy

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

More left-turn signals coming as part of MovEBR program 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today launched a public education campaign to prepare Baton Rouge...

BRAC sides with BRPD chief ahead of today’s hearing on firing of police union official 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is weighing in on a civil service dispute, scheduled for a hearing later this morning, between a fired Baton Rouge police officer and Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul.

Employers starting to mandate shots before hiring candidates 

As the U.S. job market heats up, positions operating machines in Louisville, working in...

State tax overhaul gains momentum, but approach yet to be decided

With two weeks of the legislative session complete, Louisiana's Republican legislative leaders have speeded...

Louisiana road funding from drivers ranks in lower third nationally

Fifty-five percent of road spending in Louisiana is funded with user taxes, according to...

Edwards open to corporate flat tax

Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday he is open to a flat income tax...
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Legislature weighing bill that would allow more time to verify absentee ballots

A House committee advanced a bill Thursday to extend the time to prepare and...

‘LaPolitics’: Legislation takes aim at river pilots

For many years, the mounting disagreements between the state's Mississippi River pilots and the...

Baton Rouge, PSC fed up with unsightly, abandoned utility poles

Officials with Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration are increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of...

Louisiana smokable medical marijuana bill advances

A bid to expand Louisiana's medical marijuana program to allow patients to smoke cannabis...
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