Politics & Policy

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

CBD: the new ‘green’ rush

With CBD now legal in the state, Baton Rouge area entrepreneurs are looking to cash in on the budding industry derived from hemp.

The seafood industry’s empty net syndrome impacting restaurants

Summer in Louisiana means blue crab season, when local consumers flock to seafood markets...

Riegel: A bittersweet look into an emptying nest

Over the course of the next three weeks, all three of my now-grown children...

Inside the world of CSRS

If there’s a major design, development, planning or transportation infrastructure project in south Louisiana,...

‘Alford:’ Silly season has arrived in governor’s race 

All credit goes to state Rep. Sam Jones, who probably stole it from someone...

Alford: The many faces of the governor’s race

They just keeping coming.  There are the super PACs connected (some firmly, others loosely) to...
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Want retail in your suburban village? It takes an incentive

Retail might follow rooftops, but it also follows tax incentives for developers. Livingston Parish...

Hitting the RESET button on better Louisiana government

Though the business community scored some minor victories in the recent legislative session, re-election-facing...

Where is this shrimp from? Now you’ll know.

The next time you sit down to a shrimp po-boy or some crawfish étouffée...

JR Ball: Perhaps Baton Rouge could use Batman to fight crime

Eight unrelated shootings in East Baton Rouge Parish over 10 days in late June...
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