Politics & Policy

US accounting standards regulator to tackle expense disclosures, goodwill 

The U.S. accounting standard-setter plans to tackle issues around accounting for goodwill and disclosure...

Details may come soon on what I-10 widening project will mean for you

Three years after Gov. John Bel Edwards announced funding had been identified to begin widening a busy stretch of Interstate 10 through Baton Rouge from the Mississippi River to the I-10/I-12 split, several key questions about the project remain unanswered

THIS IS WHERE YOU LIVE

Trash is a long-discussed problem across Baton Rouge. Solutions are plentiful, so why has so little been done to clean it up?

Proposed gas tax hike would also alter DOTD spending, operations

A Baton Rouge-based coalition determined to invest in the state’s crumbling roads and bridges will once again push for a gasoline tax when the Legislature convenes in April.

LSU weighs requiring COVID-19 vaccines for students

LSU is weighing whether to require its students to get the COVID-19 vaccine before the fall semester when the shots should be accessible to more people.

Louisiana middle of pack on per student public education spending

Louisiana spends $11,452 on public education per student, Governing reports, which is below the...
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Alford: A busy and challenging political year awaits us

Louisiana politicos headed into this new year with heavy hearts and reminders that life...

Inquiry underway into Bernhard complaint against rival for LSU energy deal

An attorney for the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors says it’s too soon to predict when the agency staff will complete its investigation into a complaint, filed Dec. 28, seeking to disqualify one of the two bidders competing for a lucrative energy services contract at LSU.

Louisiana expands vaccine access but doses scarce  

Louisiana has unveiled the list of 107 pharmacies that will begin offering the coronavirus...

Minority-owned businesses waited months for loans, data shows 

Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the...