GET DAILY REPORT FREE
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...
Riegel: Getting beyond the gridlock
On Aug. 4, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Congressman Cedric Richmond held a press conference to announce they’d secured $60 million in federal highway...
Riegel: Our summer of discontent grows darker by the day
When I woke up on a recent Monday morning, I scanned the headlines on my phone to learn that a suicide bomber had blown...
Stephanie Riegel: Bracing for change in the nonprofit sector
Big change is coming to the local nonprofit sector, and like most change it won’t be easy.
In the next few weeks, dozens of area...
Stephanie Riegel: Pursuing the American Dream under the Perkins Road overpass
On a brilliant spring Saturday, Our Hardware held its grand opening earlier this month in the old Overpass Cleaners building at 2929 Perkins Road,...
Stephanie Riegel: Vilifying the Baton Rouge Health District
On March 2, John Spain, executive vice president of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, and East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Director Frank Duke were...
Stephanie Riegel: Hanging by a thread
In early February, the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority’s Board of Commissioners decided to cancel its bimonthly meeting, not that anyone much noticed.
“There was...
Stephanie Riegel: Lessons learned at Howell Place
There’s a lot of interest lately in redeveloping north Baton Rouge.
Earlier this year, State Rep. Regina Barrow, who represents north Baton Rouge, succeeded in...
Stephanie Riegel: Higher ed sinks while we scream about LSU football
During the recent Thanksgiving holidays, Europe was still reeling from the Paris bombings, Turkey was shooting Russian planes out of the sky, and the...
Stephanie Riegel: A long journey awaits Baton Rouge’s airport
The same week the Baton Rouge Metro Airport released a new study designed to measure its passenger “leakage” and explore ways to address the...
Stephanie Riegel: Solving a CRISIS
The next time you’re sitting in one of those maddening traffic jams that seem increasingly frequent on I-10 of late, you can take solace...
Stephanie Riegel: The futility of trying to build a bus culture in a car...
If you’ve ever ridden a Capital Area Transit System bus from the Mall of Louisiana to downtown, you’re one of the few. Apparently, ridership...
Stephanie Riegel: A step backward for biking?
Neighborhood controversies may seem trivial to those who don’t live within the affected area. But the way the skirmishes play out often speaks volumes...
Stephanie Riegel: A different approach to tackling poverty
In 2013, a Texas-based energy company with operations throughout the Gulf Coast announced a major investment in the Baton Rouge area that would bring...
