Politics & Policy

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

Baton Rouge area events canceled, postponed over coronavirus concerns

Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome called on organizers to cancel or postpone events...

Baton Rouge St. Patrick’s Day parade postponed 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s office has asked weekend event organizers to postpone events amid...

Dismukes: Petrochem industry likely to cut back on planned expansions 

Four days into the oil price war that was ignited Monday, when Saudi Arabia...

Edwards speaks to coronavirus concerns in Rotary speech

Though the governor’s annual speech to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club is typically devoted...

Nungesser on coronavirus cancellations: Some businesses won’t survive 

In a meeting scheduled for this afternoon with health officials and others planning for...

LSU says no confirmed cases of coronavirus; weighs post-spring break closure

After concerns began circulating this week that an LSU student teacher had potentially contracted...
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LSU professor suspects coronavirus case on campus; university ‘aware’ but classes to continue 

An LSU electrical engineering professor emailed his students Tuesday, claiming one of his student...

Alford: No deadlines from the Legislature sidelines

As many of us already know from Schoolhouse Rock! and hopefully civics courses, bills...

State economist wary of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to oil price drop

Oil prices appear to have reached a low but stabilized point today after dropping...

Why aren’t more concerts callin’ Baton Rouge?

It’s not just big-name music acts as the Raising Cane’s River Center—with a theater, an arena and an exhibition hall—continues to underwhelm.
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