Politics & Policy

Ted James, regional administrator for the Small Business Administration and former state representative, today...

State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will run for Congress in the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District, he announced Tuesday.

Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Tim Temple has selected his preliminary witness list for the department’s upcoming hearing regarding the reorganization and sale of the state’s leading health insurer. 

Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to government data released today.

Mobile sports wagers were up again in December, marking an increase every month so far in fiscal year 2023-24.

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today announced the appointment of Julie Baxter Payer, who most recently served as deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, as her chief of staff.

Between now and the regular session that begins in March, Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to recall lawmakers to Baton Rouge to focus on crime. Organizers were originally targeting Feb. 19 through March 6 for the policymaking gathering.

Did Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers skirt the law to push through a...

The new 6th Congressional District runs from Baton Rouge to Shreveport and includes the city of Alexandria at its central point.

In a meeting with Business Report staff Friday, executives from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Elevance Health made their case for the proposed sale of the former to the latter.