Politics & Policy

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

Alford: They said it (regular session edition)

We should have known during the first week of April, that this was going...

Industry celebrates Trump’s limits on states’ regulation rights

Obama-era regulations that put the brakes on oil and gas development continue to fall...

JR Ball: Living life in our Louisiana welfare state

It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that few states dole...

Riegel: Louisiana stays stuck in the problems of the past

On the same day that U.S. News and World Report issued its annual list...

Publisher: Rankings bad news for Gov. John Bel Edwards

U.S. News & World Report is a “recognized leader in college, grad school,...

Thirty years later, Florida Boulevard is still a no man’s land

In 1986, a group of civic leaders got together to address some of the...
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Alford: The trumping of Louisiana

President Donald Trump's promise of new I-10 bridge sort of stole the show when...

Spanish Town Airbnb battle heats up as draft ordinance becomes public

Spanish Town Civic Association members are raising concerns over an ordinance draft that would...

Capitol Views: Centralized sales tax issue dead for this year

The House Ways and Means Committee essentially defeated legislation Monday afternoon that would have...

Legal battle over Swaggart land headed back to 19th JDC for November trial

The long-running lawsuit between Rev. Jimmy Swaggart’s Family Worship Center Church and a local...
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