Politics & Policy

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

Baton Rouge police retirement plan only 53% funded, audit says

A legal trust established to cover promised lifetime retirement benefits for Baton Rouge police...

Louisiana’s $1.5B budget gap projection is skewed, say Edwards, state lawmakers

Gov. John Bel Edwards and state lawmakers are decrying next year’s projected $1.5 billion...

Mattress sale at the movie studio? A sign of the times in the former Hollywood South

Early today, the Louisiana Entertainment office released a list of film and television activity...

Health advocates laud passage of Baton Rouge smoking ban

Health advocates are hailing Baton Rouge’s new smoking ban as a “historic win” for...

Housing authority left out of Broome’s plan to realign agencies

Two local agencies dedicated to redevelopment and blight elimination will be “realigned” by October...

BRAC defends industrial tax exemption program that Together Baton Rouge claims has cost Baton Rouge $769M

Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program has done little to attract new business or jobs...
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‘Business Report’ Publisher: The politics of mayor’s BTR tax plan

Everyone is reminded daily that traffic stinks in Baton Rouge. Mayor Sharon Weston Broome...

Riegel: Sidewalk spat says a lot about parochial Baton Rouge

When the board of directors of the Stanford Oaks Property Owners Association voted in...

Louisiana Flood of 2016: Rebuilding or tempting fate?

FEMA declared the home of Hilton and Thelma Prey 80% damaged but local inspectors...

Broome asked to answer council questions about BRAVE controversy

Metro Council member Buddy Amoroso is calling for Mayor Sharon Weston Broome to come...
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