Politics & Policy

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

Baton Rouge area schools working to increase security

Area schools are strengthening emergency procedures by investing in security upgrades on campuses across...

Baton Rouge Metro Councilman pushing to remove parish attorney

Metro Councilman Lamont Cole is calling for a hearing to remove Parish Attorney Lea...

Government shutdown impacting Baton Rouge mortgage market

Prospective homebuyers wanting to use a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development loan will...

Baton Rouge wants more authority to shut down tax-delinquent bars

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration is pushing a measure that would make it more...

La. Tax Commission under investigation by legislative auditor; agency’s chief staffer suspended

The administrator of the Louisiana Tax Commission, Charles Abels III, has been placed on...

Louisiana issues RFP to manage $1.2B federal flood control grant

((Editor's Note: This story has been revised from an earlier version to update information...
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Alford: They said it in 2018 (And in 1993)

Remember 2018? It was 12 months long, as I recall, with four different seasons...

Local hospitals posting procedure prices online to comply with new law

Under a new federal law, all hospitals are required to post a list of...

Big tax changes of 2018 will help some, not all, pass-through businesses

Changes to the federal tax law that went into effect in 2018 will have...

Authority exploring new Mississippi River bridge to meet for first time in January

The five-parish Capital Area Road and Bridge Authority is eyeing January for its first...
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