Politics & Policy

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

UPDATE: Metro Council unanimously approves broadband contract

  Update: The Metro Council unanimously approved the $150,000 contract with Columbia Telecommunications Company for...

Louisiana’s film industry isn’t dead, but filmmakers have taken a significant hit in the year since lawmakers capped tax credits

Daniel Lewis, COO of Baton Rouge-based Active Entertainment, says film work in Louisiana has...

Riegel: Anatomy of a failed public transit experiment

In the coming days, the Capital Region Planning Commission will release a study that...

Should a ‘carbon tax’ be imposed on fossil fuel companies in an effort to reduce pollution?

President Barack Obama has long been a supporter of the idea of a federal...

CATS Board to begin process of sorting through CEO applications

The Capital Area Transit System’s Board of Commissioners will hear today how a search...

Capital Region Planning Commission launches new strategy to address traffic, infrastructure

The Capital Region Planning Commission kicks off a year-long planning process today that will...
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Emerging Latin American markets seek more Louisiana business with incentives

Cuba is among a number of countries, including Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia and Chile,...

Publisher: Have we cut government enough in Louisiana?

Does Louisiana have enough money to spend adequately on each citizen and provide necessary...

State and local governments pay about $50M for flood damage this year; feds on hook for about $150M

Louisiana’s state and local governments are already on the hook for roughly $50 million...

Local GOP activists discount national reports of renewed effort to deny Trump nomination

National reports have surfaced in recent days that a renewed movement is afoot to...
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