Politics & Policy

Louisiana Republicans are poised to expand their current supermajority in the Senate and could do the same in the House when voters cast ballots in 20 runoffs later this month.

The Baton Rouge Police Department recently began providing around-the-clock patrols of the downtown area, following a few high-profile incidents. 

A new analysis of data dating back to before the COVID-19 pandemic shows Louisiana ranked among the worst states for personal income growth.

A federal jury in Missouri has found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for conspiring to inflate home sale commissions. 

Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn’t actually exist, but would have been the state’s fifth law school alongside Loyola, Tulane, LSU and Southern University. 

A nonpartisan business group that advocates for clean energy estimates that 403,000 jobs will...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced creation of the LSU Litter Institute on Tuesday, which will support debris abatement projects and centralize knowledge on the issue. 

Build Baton Rouge is wrapping up its survey for community input to help create a new master plan to boost economic development along the Florida Boulevard corridor 

While it hasn’t been in the news much lately, officials and stakeholders are working toward a solution to East Baton Rouge Parish’s stormwater issues. 

Executives at large public companies are concerned about the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s plan...