Politics & Policy

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

Virus roundup … 

• LSU has released its plans for the upcoming fall semester, which include capping...

As COVID-19 cases spike, Louisiana hospitals worry about remdesivir supply

Hospital officials from across the state expressed their concerns to Gov. John Bel Edwards...

Virus roundup … 

• State Treasurer John Schroder today encouraged Louisiana business owners to visit the Main...

Graves introduces bill shielding small businesses from COVID-19 liability 

U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, has introduced a bipartisan bill that would protect...

JR Ball: What’s in a name? Power

Trust on both sides is a must if we're ever going to erase the Baton Rouge racial divide. Removing the remaining vestiges of the Lost Cause Confederacy is a good place to start. 

Virus roundup … 

• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,843 new COVID-19 cases today and 16...
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Getting Gordon: The man behind the billboards

Advertising trial attorney Gordon McKernan is called many things, but make sure you also call him a smart businessman.

Scalise PAC holding $10,000 fundraiser at Disney later this month

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise’s office is defending the congressman’s decision to hold a four-day...

Virus roundup … 

• More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically...

White House taps Baton Rouge for one of three coronavirus surge testing sites

Baton Rouge’s four federally backed coronavirus surge testing sites kicked off this morning, Gov....
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