Politics & Policy

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

Publisher: All children in Baton Rouge deserve to dream

Editor's note: The editorials below by Rolfe McCollister and Gary Chambers have been updated...

Graves nixes GOP convention trip after Baton Rouge shootings; Cassidy undecided

Two of Louisiana’s GOP congressional lawmakers cancelled or delayed plans to attend the Republican...

Law enforcement outlines Sunday’s attack on Airline Highway, still trying to piece puzzle together

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called Sunday’s ambush-style attack on law enforcement on Airline...

Pitcher suspended indefinitely by Southern Christian Leadership Conference for unauthorized economic boycott in Baton Rouge

The head of the Louisiana chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference has been...

No active shooter scenario in Baton Rouge, Edmonson says

Update six (3:25 p.m.): Col. Mike Edmonson, Louisiana State Police superintendent, says there is no...

GE alleges St. Francisville hospital violated bid laws

General Electric Co. is suing the West Feliciana Parish Hospital in federal court, alleging...
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Plans for north Baton Rouge ER moving forward at OLOL’s Airline Highway facility

Officials with the Louisiana Department of Health and Our Lady of the Lake Regional...

27 companies in Baton Rouge to get $55 million tax break through industrial exemption program, records show

As Gov. John Bel Edwards moves to rein in Louisiana’s generous Industrial Tax Exemption...

Transportation task force meets for first time, gets marching orders from governor

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ newly minted task force on transportation began its months-long work...

Together Baton Rouge brings hundreds together to chart path for moving forward

One week after the shooting death of Alton Sterling by police, some 350 faith...
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