Politics & Policy

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

Graves again criticizes CATS, says do-over is needed

U.S. Rep. Garret Graves is still not a fan of the Capital Area Transit...

News alert: Supreme Court readmits E. Eric Guirard to the bar

The Louisiana Supreme Court has readmitted disbarred Baton Rouge lawyer E. Eric Guirard, clearing...

News alert: Federal grand jury indicts Baton Rouge contractor Nathian Hossley

Editor's note: An image previously posted with this story that included former NFL player...

State office leases at risk during Louisiana budget crisis, broker says

As Louisiana lawmakers cobble together fixes for the state’s numerous budget problems, one local...

Holden vetoes economic opportunity zone; Delgado says he will push for council override

One week after the Metro Council passed the economic opportunity zone to incentivize business...

LABI urges federal agency to include Gulf of Mexico in oil and gas leasing program

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry has urged the U.S. Bureau of Ocean...
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BRAC makes its case for Baton Rouge-New Orleans passenger rail service

Southeast Louisiana’s rapid economic development, commuter patterns and the state’s harsh fiscal realities make...

Hospitals in Baton Rouge have turned federally required paperwork into a comprehensive plan for addressing the city’s most pressing health needs

(Employees and community members look over produce at a mobile farmers market at the...

Some Lake at White Oak homeowners oppose planned Tiger Bend development due to fears of increased flooding

Fearing that a new development could mean more flooding for their homes, residents of...

Local firms express interest in tackling redevelopment of old Entergy site

More than three dozens architects, designers, developers, real estate brokers, planners and city leaders...
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