Politics & Policy

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

DDD OKs $762k budget for 2019

The Downtown Development District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the agency’s 2019 budget at...

Auditors find weaknesses in LDH system for tracking Medicaid payments

A month after the Louisiana Legislative Auditor found the state Department of Health may...

Flush with MovEBR victory, Jim Bernhard’s next quest is regional bridge tax

Encouraged by the weekend passage of the MovEBR roads tax, businessman Jim Bernhard is...

Louisiana tax ruled unconstitutional collected $70M from small business owners

A court ruling last week means Louisiana residents, also doing business in Texas, who...

News roundup: Louisiana has the second highest credit card debt burden … US Supreme Court won’t hear Louisiana Planned Parenthood case … Two Louisiana...

In the red: At $8,110 per resident, Louisiana’s average credit card debt burden is the...

Creek realignment, marijuana zoning restrictions to be considered by Planning Commission

The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning and Zoning Commission will consider developer Richard Carmouche’s...
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Crossover voters helped pass roads tax opposed by most voters in Central, southeast EBR

While the city-parish as a whole voted Saturday to approve Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s roads tax—with...

JR Ball: A Christmas wish list for Baton Rouge

With the arrival of the gift that keeps on giving—my annual property tax bill—the...

Riegel: A silver lining among the storm clouds of climate change

As has been well documented by now, the Trump administration released one of the...

Publisher: Choose solutions on Dec. 8 ballot

Parishwide MovEBR Roads and traffic tax: YES You have seen the old Fram oil filter...
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