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Riegel: An opportunity for leadership
There are those who expected the sky would fall on the day the U.S. Justice Department announced its decision not to prosecute two Baton...
Riegel: How Louisiana lost a $10 billion plant
It wasn’t easy for Tommy Kurtz to leave Louisiana. The former Louisiana Economic Development executive grew up in New Orleans—a Jesuit High School Blue...
Riegel: EBR Council on Aging needs more oversight
Supporters of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging will tell you their organization and its embattled executive director, Tasha Clark-Amar, have been unfairly...
Riegel: The dirty fight over a flood recovery contract
When a contract worth somewhere between $250 million and $350 million is up for grabs, you have to know it’s not going to go...
Riegel: Question marks during a period of transition
On March 15, more than three months after her election, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s transition team leaders were scheduled at last to release the...
Riegel: The futility of community dialogue
Baton Rouge will soon face what, inevitably, will become a pivotal moment in its history. That moment might come a week from now. It...
Riegel: The multimillion-dollar question facing Baton Rouge’s most ambitious plans
It’s been nearly a year since a study on the feasibility of building a new Baton Rouge Zoo put the estimated cost at $110...
Riegel: The face of Syrian refugees in Baton Rouge
I recently had the pleasure of meeting a new family that has relocated to Baton Rouge. They don’t have a lot of money and...
Riegel: Jindal-era economic deal doesn’t live up to billing
When Louisiana Economic Development was trying to woo GE Capital to Louisiana in 2013 to open a technology center in downtown New Orleans, it...
Riegel: FEMA failures and flaws
While most of us were enjoying the recent holidays from the comfort of our own homes—or, at least, those of our relatives or friends—some...
Riegel: The bitter divides of 2016 aren’t going anywhere in 2017
Now that 2016 is coming to an end, we can say goodbye to one of the more difficult and divisive years in recent memory....
Riegel: Sudden departure
After just 18 months at the helm of the LSU Foundation, Stephen Moret’s announcement that he is leaving the organization to take over the...
Riegel: Some thoughts on Thanksgiving in a ‘post-truth’ world
In this season of Thanksgiving, it’s important to remember all that we have to be thankful for in our nation. But I don’t think...
Riegel: Rethinking our approach to criminal justice
During his first year in office, Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry were frequently at odds over balancing...
Riegel: Helping hands
It has been more than two months since the 1,000-year flood devastated parts of the Capital Region. Unfortunately, much of the country has moved...
Riegel: Rethinking the Baton Rouge airport
In the wake of Anthony Marino’s announcement that he’s stepping down Oct. 14 from his post at the helm of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan...
Riegel: Critics of the new north Baton Rouge ER plan chose to ignore the...
It is maddening, though not entirely unexpected, that a handful of critics would decry the recent announcement that Our Lady of the Lake will...
Riegel: The Louisiana connection to the Superstorm Sandy litigation
In the wake of the historic August flood, there has been a renewed interest locally in the plight of flood victims of Superstorm Sandy,...
Publisher: We will come back strong
Over these past two months, our community has suffered pain and adversity, but our story is far from over, and I believe that by...
Riegel: How entrepreneurial know-how turned Celtic into a community of caring
Some of the biggest movies ever filmed in Louisiana were shot at Celtic Media Centre. Perhaps, one day, producers will again flock to Baton...
