Politics & Policy

Industrial Waste: How a St. James community is struggling to live among an expanding oil and gas industry

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: Largely poor residents in St. James Parish are struggling with the downside...

Baton Rouge residential real estate market should tilt toward buyers in 2018

The local residential real estate market is expected to slow down and tilt toward...

Gary Chambers, others sue Scott Wilson over contentious Metro Council meetings

Three black community activists have filed a lawsuit against Metro Council Chairman and Mayor...

Developer revises plans for controversial Lakes at Jones Creek subdivision

The developer of the Lakes at Jones Creek, a planned subdivision that has become...

Believe it or not, CATS is improving its service and performance

AT THE WHEEL: While recent improvements in CATS service over the past three years...

Is CATS making the grade?

CATS had ambitious plans and made big promises when it was pushing for a...
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What happened to the CATS watchdog: Together Baton Rouge?

WATCHDOG: Edgar Cage and his fellow Together Baton Rouge members told voters they would...

JR Ball: The sound and fury of tax reform

Interested in a little foreshadowing into how political life will play out next year...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Lionel Rainey IIII

(Photos by Amy Martin) Lionel Rainey III, 39 President, LR3 Consulting and Public Relations PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Coming back...

Publisher: The elephant in the classroom

A recent front-page story on alternative schools in The Advocate referred to a state...