Politics & Policy

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

Baton Rouge councilman wants proposed economic opportunity zone to include entire northern part of parish

As the local and state officials meet to draw boundaries on the proposed Economic...

Waguespack, Scott and Spain talk politics, economy and progress at Leadership Power Breakfast

As Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack prepared to deliver his...

AG’s opinion clears Dorsey-Colomb to work in clerk of court’s office, but no hire imminent

Though state Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb has received an Attorney General’s opinion stating she could...

Solving Baton Rouge gridlock problem is harder than it looks, says local traffic expert

We’ve sent astronauts to the moon, created smartphones and cured certain cancers, so why...

Louisiana business groups balk at Gov. Edwards’ budget proposals

Business groups are dismayed by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ proposals to help solve the...

Contract labor or employee? The Louisiana Workforce Commission targets high-risk companies to weed out misclassifications.

(Photography by Don Kadair: former Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Curt Eysink) Editor's note: This...
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Can a new collaborative get buy-in on a sustainable strategy for Louisiana’s colleges and universities?

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Joe Rallo) The academic, business and nonprofit representatives assembled to discuss...

Will charters, vouchers, Common Core and John White survive the new administration?

(Photography by The Associated Press: Louisiana Schools Superintendent John White) There are several new faces...

So where are all the Jindal secretaries going?

Out with the old, in with the new. Louisiana has a new governor, and...

Quality of life improvements, traffic solutions top BRAC’s new five-year strategic plan

With an ever-present eye toward its regional competitors, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber unveiled...
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