Politics & Policy

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

JR Ball: St. George is just another Baton Rouge taxing district

What does the disaster known as Louisiana’s special legislative session and the second go-round...

Riegel: Once again, Louisiana is dead last

On the same late February day that economic development officials from across Louisiana were...

Publisher: Who’s responsible for St. George?

There are many critics of those who want to organize the city of St....

How ironic: Broome traffic relief program moving forward … but slowly

The Broome administration has received the green light from the Louisiana Department of Transportation...

Together Louisiana calls payment in lieu of taxes proposal ‘corporate giveaway’

Together Louisiana is mounting a campaign against proposed legislation that would allow local taxing...

Second bill taking aim at BREC planned for Louisiana legislative session

State Sen. Regina Barrow, a vocal opponent of BREC’s efforts to relocate the zoo...
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Baton Rouge legislator files bill to make zoo move illegal

As controversy over the potential relocation of the BREC Baton Rouge Zoo intensifies, the...

Proposed Rouzan library long way from reality, but library director ‘very hopeful’

While preliminary plans for a new south branch library in Rouzan were unveiled Tuesday...

News alert: ‘We’re back,’ St. George organizers declare

Declaring “we’re back,” organizers of the St. George incorporation movement filed the necessary paperwork...

JR Ball: Making dollars-and-cents of the Louisiana Legislature

This much seems certain: There will be no meaningful budget or tax reforms in...
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