Politics & Policy

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

LSU Presidential Search Committee to meet; Emmert’s name resurfaces

The LSU Presidential Search Committee will meet Wednesday afternoon to begin discussing the pool...

ExxonMobil proposes $100B carbon capture hub, but there’s a catch

ExxonMobil Corp. has proposed a giant, $100 billion hub to capture carbon dioxide emissions...

State sales tax collection overhaul advances to House floor

Another Louisiana House committee has endorsed changing the state constitution to centralize sales tax...

Louisiana housing agency leader faces sexual harassment claims

The leader of the state's affordable housing agency has been suspended while he's being...

Transportation money going to Lafayette, Lake Charles but not Baton Rouge

When Gov. John Bel Edwards and state transportation secretary Shawn Wilson announced Monday that...

Tom Galligan withdraws name from LSU’s president search

LSU interim president Tom Galligan will no longer seek to become the next president...
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Alford: Guilt by association a familiar theme in congressional runoff

Democrats playing in the runoff election in the New Orleans-based 2nd Congressional District are...

What does energy’s evolution mean for Louisiana?

It’s a hotly debated subject, to be sure, but most would agree that a...

Lawmakers name new legislative auditor to replace Daryl Purpera

Louisiana has a new legislative auditor to lead the nonpartisan office that reviews the...

Bill would undo ethics charge on industry appointees to Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission

A Senate committee will take up a bill Tuesday that would allow industrial companies to nominate their employees to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission, an 18-member volunteer panel that regulates the Southern Hills Aquifer. The aquifer supplies Baton Rouge's fresh drinking water and provides area industrial plants with water for their operations.
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