Politics & Policy

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

BRAC’s economic indicator dashboard shows little improvement 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines...

Virus roundup … 

• The U.S. reported about 60,000 new coronavirus cases, a single-day record, today with...

University faculty eye fall semester with trepidation, uncertainty

With colleges and universities set to begin their fall semester in just six weeks...

Riegel: Trying to make sense of the new decade

The decade opened with LSU football winning the national title but not much has gone right since then, writes Stephanie Riegel.

Tyson: A moment of racial reckoning for Baton Rouge

The racial justice activism unfolding around the world is cause for cautious optimism and sober reflection, but it's meaningless without facing the truth.

Virus roundup …

• Louisiana reported a single-day COVID case surge of nearly 2,000 today, the fifth-highest...
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Alford: Legislative session ends as fiscal challenges persist

The Legislature concluded its first special session of the calendar year last week with...

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields is asking the governing board of Louisiana's public...

Under mask mandate, businesses to get three warnings before summons

It will be up to businesses, initially, to enforce Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s new...

White House task force had urged facial covering mandate for EBR 

While some in Baton Rouge’s more conservative and libertarian circles have pushed back against...
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