Politics & Policy

P&N to run state’s small business grant program, which will launch by July 28

The state’s new Main Street Recovery Program, which will dole out up to $15,000...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome mandates face coverings inside businesses

In response to rising cases of the novel coronavirus in East Baton Rouge Parish,...

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• U.S. companies added nearly 2.4 million jobs in June, according to a private...

Baton Rouge CPAs brace for July 15 tax deadline amid ‘marathon’ tax season

With Tax Day coming up July 15, local accounting firms—many of which took advantage...

Hundreds of tips, many fake, flood city’s business COVID-19 compliance portal

The city-parish has received only a handful of phone calls so far on its...

Alford: What we’ve learned about the Legislature this year 

We were supposed to get to know the House and Senate as almost entirely...
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• The Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health is implementing a new 24-hour pre-crisis phone...

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• The state health department says nearly half of new coronavirus cases reported Monday...

Report: Pandemic exacerbates housing crisis, especially in Louisiana

Some 7 million households nationwide—including more than 20,000 in East Baton Rouge Parish—could face...

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• Louisiana is struggling with critical tracking work needed to combat the worsening spread...