Politics & Policy

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

Coalition of small businesses pushing for tougher antitrust measures

Merchant groups are forming a national coalition to campaign for stricter antitrust laws, including...

Louisiana Survey: State sales tax is too high

Most Louisianans don’t want the government to cut spending or to raise taxes, and...

Alford: Mayoral elections offer political lessons

There are rarely earth-shattering surprises found on election ballots in Louisiana, but there are...

PAC raising money to promote Ascension sewerage sale to Bernhard company

Proponents of a deal to sell the wastewater treatment system on the east bank...

Biden’s corporate tax hike would hurt some companies more than others

Corporations had ample warning—an entire presidential campaign—that tax increases were coming. But that doesn’t...

St. George squabble headed to hearing later this spring

The two sides in the court battle over the incorporation of the prospective city...
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Audit: LWC may have issued improper unemployment payments

The Louisiana legislative auditor has flagged the Louisiana Workforce Commission for issuing improper payments...

Closed party primary debate dividing Louisiana GOP

Louisiana's Republican leaders are sharply at odds over whether and how the state should...

Louisiana Survey: One-third of adults don’t want vaccine

Louisiana residents have mixed opinions on the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and...

Loren Scott, Scott Angelle headline webcast: ‘The Energy Evolution: How Will Louisiana Fare?’

Louisiana economist Loren Scott and Scott Angelle, director of the Bureau of Safety and...
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