Politics & Policy

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

The future for the proposed Bridge Center looks bleaker than ever

(File photo) For the second time in three months, an effort to fund a mental...

Debris cleanup since the August flood has come with a hefty price tag

(Photo by iStock) Endless piles of debris lined the streets of the Capital Region after...

Local IT company providing advice on potential changes to Affordable Care Act

While the U.S. House of Representatives is moving quickly to repeal the Affordable Care...

Republicans in Louisiana likely immune from any GOP health care fallout

Republicans in Congress may be feeling political pressure surrounding the effort to repeal and...

New lawsuit blames August flooding on I-12 construction

A Tangipahoa Parish man has a filed a lawsuit against the state and the...

New health plan must offer strong alternative to existing mandate, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana says

Any replacement to the Affordable Care Act should provide adequate tax credits for people...
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North Baton Rouge development district delays hiring executive director

The Baton Rouge North Economic Development District’s board, which aims to attract investment to...

Metro Council appears poised to place mental health center tax on October ballot

Metro Council members are resurrecting a recently-defeated property tax that would fund a mental...

Swamp tale: A landman’s long-running environmental whistleblower suit against the state speaks to larger issues about conflict, controversy and trust in the Atchafalaya Basin

For more than 10 years, Dan Collins, a Baton Rouge landman, has been fighting...

More than eight years on, victims of the Stanford Ponzi scheme continue fighting to recoup their money—with little luck

Retired refinery worker Blaine Smith and his wife, Carolyn, lost more than $1...
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