Politics & Policy

Legislature to hear Carter’s gas tax bill, even though it’s DOA

Steve Carter’s proposed gas tax bill, which is effectively dead for the session, will...

Keeping Spanish Town weird in an Airbnb world

Spanish Town residents Cheryl McCormick and Derrell Cohoon recall the surly reputation the neighborhood...

Financial planning advice after Trump tax law

With the first year of the Trump administration’s new tax law—the Tax Cuts and...

JR Ball: A golf clap for BREC

Anyone who even occasionally glances at this column knows I have something of an...

Alford: Session offering up plenty of distractions

If there’s anything senators like discussing more than politics, it’s themselves, which was evident...

Unleash Baton Rouge campaign launching tomorrow

Baton Rouge families, businesses and municipal leaders Saturday are launching an Unleash Baton Rouge...
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LABI-backed coalition urges state bar to crack down on attorney advertising

Aiming to remedy what it calls a statewide “automobile insurance rate epidemic,” the Louisiana...

Alford: Running on one ticket

It has been nearly a year since I was sitting across from Lt. Gov....

The business of billboards … or driver distraction?

One of the more controversial proposals of this year’s legislative session is a pair...

JR Ball: Yo, state legislators, stay out of Baton Rouge’s business

Fortunately, state Sen. Bodi White came to his legislative senses long enough to declare...