Politics & Policy

News alert: Broome sues St. George organizers

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, as expected, files a lawsuit fighting the incorporation of St. George, saying it will hurt Baton Rouge and the parish.

Alford: Gubernatorial candidates need to speak up about transition teams

If John Bel Edwards and Eddie Rispone want to inject a bit of honest...

Goal of new cyber coordination center is to make Louisiana a cybersecurity global leader

With the goal of Louisiana becoming a global leader in cybersecurity, LED acts as a ‘catalyst’ for a new cyber coordination center at 1200 Brickyard Lane.

Design: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors

Design: The new headquarters for the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors is designed to be friendly so that visiting contractors will have a pleasant experience and be proud of their industry.

Baton Rouge inches closer to lawsuit against St. George with ‘litigation hold notice’ 

An attorney “representing Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome” has put officials with the city of St. George on notice that a lawsuit is coming soon and they need to preserve any documents that could be relevant to the case.

St. George votes to incorporate … now what?

In the wake of the St. George incorporation vote, Baton Rouge grapples with where to go from here and whether its city-parish government is forever broken.
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News alert: Pennington lands world-renowned surgeon to head new bariatric-metabolic surgery program

A host of state and local leaders joined officials from the Pennington Biomedical Research...

JR Ball: St. George about a political divide, not a racial one

St. George was mostly about a decidedly right-leaning group of residents wanting some independence from an increasing liberal city-parish government.

Riegel: Politics shouldn’t blind the Edwards economic record

Gov. John Bel Edwards, despite GOP spin, has show fiscal restraint and political pragmatism in bailing Louisiana out of a deep financial hole.

Publisher: Eddie Rispone for Louisiana governor

Republican businessman Eddie Rispone is the clear pick of Publisher Rolfe McCollister in the gubernatorial runoff with Democrat John Bel Edwards.