Library system to front $2.75M for repairs to idle downtown branch
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library System will front the nearly $2.75 million needed to resume construction on the stalled River Center Branch Library...
Louisiana business taxes grew at a rate unmatched by any other state
Over a two-fiscal-year period—from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018—companies doing business in Louisiana saw the nation’s greatest annual increase in business taxes,...
Alford: Locals prepare for a moment in the sun
If you’re ever bumping around the Capitol, and you hear someone refer to “the locals,” they aren’t discussing Baton Rouge’s lovable flamingo fanatics or...
Alford: Locals prepare for a moment in the sun
If you’re ever bumping around the Capitol, and you hear someone refer to “the locals,” they aren’t discussing Baton Rouge’s lovable flamingo fanatics or...
Should planning department report to mayor, rather than Metro Council?
Should authority over the Planning Commission move from the Metro Council to the mayor-president’s office? It’s a question the Plan of Government committee says...
Developing Louisiana talent key to Regents’ Master Plan update
Within the next 20 years, expect college—and high school—as we know it in Louisiana to look significantly different.
Specifically, the way in which students move from...
Industry battling over state appointments and river pilot fees
Even as alleged improprieties in the selection of its at-large commissioners are hashed out in 19th Judicial District Court, industry representatives on the Louisiana Pilotage...
Mayor calls for better oversight of mosquito abatement district, other quasi-independent agencies
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome is calling for tougher oversight of the city’s Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control district, as scrutiny of the agency and...
Medical marijuana crop further delayed
Louisiana patients who have been waiting years to access the medical marijuana legalized in 2015 may have to wait longer as the LSU AgCenter...
Donna Collins-Lewis wants Bridge Center plan in 15 days
Metro Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis is frustrated that a report requested several weeks ago from the mayor’s office updating progress on the Bridge Center, the...
