Politics & Policy

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

SBA triples maximum EIDL loan size, extends first payment date

The Small Business Administration is increasing the maximum amount small businesses and nonprofits can...

Jeff Landry leads 13-state lawsuit to overturn oil and gas lease ban

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a 13-state lawsuit against the Biden administration...

Board of Regents vows to bolster oversight after LSU report

Louisiana's top higher education policymaking board pledged today to tighten oversight and enforcement of...

Louisiana’s personal income grew in 2020 but fell sharply in Q4

Louisiana’s state personal income grew by 5.4% from 2019 to 2020, but below the...

Dismukes challenges report calling Formosa project ‘financially unviable’

A Baton Rouge-based energy expert refutes several of the points made in a report released Tuesday by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, which called The Formosa Plastics Group’s proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish “financially unviable” and urged its cancellation.

Louisiana public defenders say they need millions more in funding

The chronically underfunded Louisiana public defenders will need at least $3.9 million more in...
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Work on first phase of LSU lakes project begins next week

Field work for the expansive project to rehabilitate and enhance the six lake system...

Oregon State board accepts King Alexander’s resignation

F. King Alexander became the latest casualty of LSU’s Title IX scandal, when the Oregon State University Board of Trustees today accepted his resignation as president of OSU amid a growing outcry over the way he handled reports of sexual violence and misconduct while president of LSU from 2013 to 2019.

Ascension, Livingston parishes reach agreement ending levee lawsuit

Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment and Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks today announced a...

LSU lakes project receives $5M in federal funding to reduce flood risk

Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced $163 million in federal funding for 15 state...
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