Politics & Policy

Baton Rouge commercial property owners see smaller assessment hikes than homeowners

East Baton Rouge Parish property owners should have received by now a notice of their new property tax assessments for 2020, but commercial property owners likely saw a smaller increase in their new assessments than did most homeowners.  

JR Ball: You win 2020, I surrender

2020—with the last straw being Hurricane Laura—is fast-becoming the worst year ever ... then again, LSU did win the college football national title.

Publisher: What’s changed since the 2000 Baton Rouge mayor’s race?

The questions facing this year's candidates for Baton Rouge mayor are the same as those who ran for the office in 2000. When will they be answered?

Virus roundup …   

• The Trump administration has issued a directive halting the eviction of certain renters...

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana is reporting 667 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 148,882. There...

Alford: Louisiana voting clouded in mystery for now

In between hurricanes over the past week or so, and in the wake of...
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Virus roundup … 

• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 326 new cases Monday, the lowest single-day...

Proving how a worker contracts COVID-19 is a tough legal hurdle  

While workers and customers are contracting COVID-19, legally it is hard to prove exactly...

Investigators uncover $62M in PPP fraud, say it’s just the beginning 

The criminal complaints read like catalogs of luxury bling: a diamond-laden $52,000 Rolex, a...

SBA accused of breaking finance rules for PPP loans

Citing a 2006 law, a panel of inspectors general have asked the U.S. Small...