Politics & Policy

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

Vowing transparency, Broome launches Baton Rouge budget-tracking site

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome launched Open Checkbook BR this morning, a companion website to...

Louisiana State Bar Association believes it can keep mandatory dues despite Supreme Court ruling

State bar associations can’t force lawyers to subsidize their operations and political activity with...

News roundup: LSU professor with 31 patents named to the National Academy of Inventors … ExxonMobil plants get zero waste seal of approval …...

Patented proof: LSU Professor of Biological Sciences Roger Laine has been named a Fellow to...

Louisiana won’t have new voting machines for 2019 elections

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says new voting machines will not be in place...

What would a St. George school district look like?

Imagine it’s the first day of school in the new, independent school district of...

News roundup: Dawson Creek in Baton Rouge will be realigned … Coast Guard working to clean oil spill near Port Sulpher … ProChem Energy...

Good to go: The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning and Zoning Commission last night approved...
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US public companies paid a median of 2.5% more to auditors last year

U.S. public companies last year paid a median of 2.5% more to auditors for...

Could Appalachia be natural gas competition for Louisiana?

Energy Secretary Rick Perry wants the U.S. to diversify its petrochemical infrastructure beyond Texas...

A Louisiana constitutional convention primer

I had but two goals while writing this column: To provide a better understanding...

Alford: A quick primer on a possible Louisiana constitutional convention

Jeremy Alford has two goals in his latest column: providing a better understanding of the...
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