Politics & Policy

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

Move of LSU-South Carolina game to Baton Rouge upends other events planned on campus Saturday

This morning’s announcement that Saturday’s football game between LSU and the University of South...

Contentious meeting over Baton Rouge bike lanes nets lots of proposals, but no solutions

The battle over bike lanes along Glenmore and Hundred Oaks avenues became a much...

Governor’s candidate spending on TV ads with Baton Rouge stations at $762K and growing

With little more than three weeks left in the hotly contested race to become...

Executive flight: The recent exit of corporate headquarters from Baton Rouge raises questions about the market’s ability to attract and retain them.

In mid-August, Albemarle Corp. confirmed what had been rumored for months: that it was...

Publisher: Two faces of John Bel Edwards

Rep. John Bel Edwards needs to be authentic and tell voters who he is....

Stephanie Riegel: A step backward for biking?

Neighborhood controversies may seem trivial to those who don’t live within the affected area....
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The choice of Louisiana’s next governor is weeks away. What might the 2016 cabinet look like?

As important as it is for an incoming governor to staff up with the...

Delays in the city’s permitting process are as bad as ever, realtors and developers say.

Delays and backlogs in the city-parish’s permits and inspections division have been a constant...

Plaintiffs’ bar outspending all other special interest groups in Louisiana politics, report says

Trial lawyers in Louisiana spent more than $8.5 million between 2008 and 2014 on...

2015 Louisiana governor’s race will impact ‘LSU and all of higher education,’ Alexander says

The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial race is a critical election “for LSU and all of...
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