Politics & Policy

Opponents of a major industrial project in the River Parishes have scored a win...

The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission unanimously approved the five-year update to the...

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council next week will consider authorizing an agreement with the state to subsidize its portion of the anticipated passenger rail service to New Orleans. 

We have reached mid-November during a statewide election year and we already know who will fill the roles of governor, Senate president and speaker of the House. 

Slowing down: This morning’s report from the Labor Department shows that consumer prices either...

The connector between Baton Rouge’s Downtown Greenway and the bike lanes along Government Street has been completed. 

Rep. Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, is expected to become the next Louisiana House speaker after the four other major candidates vying for the position dropped out of the race Monday.

New school: Kenilworth Science and Technology Academy and Building Hope today announced the official...

Louisiana’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy has drawn over $50 billion in private investments in recent years, one of many measures of progress highlighted by a legislative task force.

Following Gov. John Bel Edwards’ announcement that most state employees will gain access to six weeks of paid family leave, the state’s higher education systems, which are not bound by the state’s policies, are looking to adopt the same.