Politics & Policy

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

Top heavy: TOPS has increased fivefold since its inception in 1998

The cost of the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students has increased fivefold since its...

Amid budget crunch, Louisiana Legislature to examine generous historic tax credit

Baton Rouge’s illuminated downtown skyline, a tangible measure of the resurgence of development in...

Special session inevitable as $313M midyear shortfall looms, officials say

State officials today announced a $313 million budget shortfall—driven largely by job losses—setting the...

Showdown looms tonight over proposed Bayou Bridge pipeline

Representatives from big industry will face off tonight against environmentalists at a public hearing...

New Metro Council meets today as fallout from catastrophes loom

The newly elected Metro Council has a routine agenda set for its first meeting...

Bridge Center board to meet, come up with Plan B

One month after voters in East Baton Rouge Parish rejected a proposed property tax...
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Lyft preparing to launch in Baton Rouge

Lyft, a ride-sharing company that competes with Uber, appears to be laying the foundation...

Film officials ‘bullish about 2017’ despite 93% decline in spending in Baton Rouge last year

Spending on film productions in Louisiana nosedived in 2016, with officials reporting a 65%...

Louisiana has ‘every reason’ to believe it will get more flood aid, state official says

Louisiana’s top recovery official said today he has “every reason to believe” the state...

A Baton Rouge nonprofit with a long history of mismanaging public funds is about to receive an $8 million annual windfall in taxpayer dollars

Last November, voters in East Baton Rouge Parish narrowly approved a 2.25-mill dedicated property...
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