Politics & Policy

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

2017 Influential Women in Business: Camille Conaway

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Age: 38 Family: Married for 14 years to husband, Jeffrey, with...

Riegel: An opportunity for leadership

There are those who expected the sky would fall on the day the U.S....

The feds have closed the books on the Alton Sterling shooting, but many questions still remain

For nearly 10 months after the July 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling by...

When hiring goes wrong: A timeline of Baton Rouge’s CAO fiasco

So that ended poorly. After months of searching for the city-parish’s second-in-command, Mayor Sharon...

Seven steps: The many stages of DOTD’s project delivery process

(File photo) Traffic complaints in the Capital Region are as common as crawfish, and the...

Who knew what and when? Barrow letter to state AG calls into question Council on Aging’s explanation for possibly violating election laws

A 2016 letter from state Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, asking the state Attorney...
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DDD gets OK for $100K spending plan; new sneaker shop opening in downtown Baton Rouge

The Downtown Development District has received approval for a $100,000 spending plan to develop...

Council on Aging officials defend agency following critical audit

In a small meeting room packed with several dozen senior citizens who receive services...

DA to review audit that says EBR Council on Aging may have violated campaign finance laws

District Attorney Hillar Moore III says his office will review a newly released Louisiana...

Edwards, Broome urge calm after feds forgo charges in Alton Sterling case

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Mayor Sharon Weston Broome urged the community this afternoon...
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