Politics & Policy

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

Justice Department will help in wounded Baton Rouge, Lynch says

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch thanked a group of Baton Rouge police officers today...

Water district lends hand to clean up hyacinth bloom in lake near LSU

Though it has taken much longer than originally anticipated, an effort to remove a...

DOJ community relations service meets with local officials

The Department of Justice Community Relations Services has been meeting with community groups, elected...

Hundreds gather at Healing Place Church for vigil honoring fallen officers

Vice President Joe Biden today spoke directly to the families of three Baton Rouge...

Proposed building moratorium deleted from Metro Council agenda because of ambiguous language

The controversial 90-day building moratorium on parts of Highland Road was deleted from the...

Proposed 90-day building ban on parts of Highland Road on today’s Metro Council agenda

The Metro Council will take up a controversial proposal this afternoon to impose a...
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Call for protest Wednesday in support of proposed police residency ordinance draws fire

City and state officials are taking issue with the timing of a proposed Metro...

Vice President Joe Biden expected in Baton Rouge for Thursday memorial

Vice President Joseph Biden is planning to attend a community memorial service in Baton...

Glasper calls on feds to investigate East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s Office

Former Metro Councilman Darrell Glasper is asking the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S....

ExxonMobil pulls Enterprise Zone applications from consideration; efforts underway to review program

(Photo by Tim Mueller) ExxonMobil has withdrawn its Enterprise Zone Program applications from the city-parish. According...
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