Politics & Policy

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

Meet the new managing director of Live After Five

J. Hover, a local concert and festival organizer, is the new managing director of...

Impact from tariff on Canadian lumber will eventually reach the Capital Region

The effect of President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on Canadian goods, including lumber, could...

Landry announces an executive branch hiring freeze

Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday issued an executive order instituting a hiring freeze for...

What local car dealers are seeing ahead of new Trump-imposed tariffs 

After a slow start to the year, some Baton Rouge car dealers are seeing...

LABI calls for a ‘return to the drawing board’ after voters reject Amendment 2

Will Green, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, on...

Ascension government buys 80 acres in Geismar for stormwater detention

The Ascension Parish government has acquired 80 acres in Geismar to bolster stormwater detention...
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LSU President William Tate announces hiring freeze as part of ‘realignment’

In a letter sent to faculty and staff on Friday morning, President William Tate...

These Louisiana hemp organizations are suing the state 

Editor's note: This story has been updated since original publication to reflect that Gov....

Capital Region physicians push back against insurance-driven treatment limits

After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan last December, a...

Rolfe McCollister: BREC is overdue for a change

State Rep. Dixon McMakin is delivering on his promises—and kudos to him. “I got elected...
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