Politics

District Attorney John Belton says he intends to convene a special grand jury within weeks to seek indictments against State Police troopers and possibly...

A federal judge sided with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 12 other plaintiff states in a Louisiana-led lawsuit, issuing a permanent injunction against...

Watching Graves: During an interview last week with www.LaPoliticsWeekly.com, USA Today politics reporter Greg Hilburn was asked which candidate announcement he was most anticipating...

President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel some student loan debt is drawing praise from Democrats and ire from Republicans, including Louisiana’s delegation in Congress. On...

Thousands of Louisiana borrowers are eligible to have a portion of their student loan debt wiped out under a plan announced today by President...

LaPolitics: There was a bit of back and forth during this year's regular session over control of the capitol complex in downtown Baton Rouge....

The Louisiana Tax Commission met Wednesday to consider new rules for how tax assessors should treat large commercial properties with pending tax exemptions. The...

The Planning and Zoning Commission for East Baton Rouge Parish is expected next month to take up proposed rules to govern short-term rentals. 

Leaders in the Louisiana Legislature are expected to set a salary range by week’s end for the director of a new capitol security force.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy spoke with Houma-Thibodaux oil-industry officials Tuesday about coastal restoration, hurricane recovery and other issues affecting the community and Louisiana.  The Louisiana...

President Joe Biden signed the Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law today.  The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in...

After delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic and relentless hurricane seasons, a comprehensive regulatory review of Louisiana’s power market is regaining focus and placing...

The East Baton Rouge Planning and Zoning Commission at today’s meeting will consider adding new potential uses for a planned commercial development east of...

The need for Louisiana to replace its voting machines is not in dispute.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council is poised to vote today on a redistricting plan for the parish’s 12 districts.

The U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday, a measure that could have considerable impact in a number of areas including energy,...

For the first time in the long history of both organizations, the Louisiana Municipal Association and the Police Jury Association of Louisiana have teamed...

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has proposed the first across-the-board pay raise for city-parish employees since 2015, plus additional raises for police following two pay bumps last year. Can Baton Rouge afford it?

Federal legislation calling for a major expansion of veteran health care benefits also authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to spend about $29.5 million to establish a new Baton Rouge outpatient clinic.

Late July and early August is the time of year folks from Capitoland migrate south to Grand Isle for the hottest fishing rodeos of the political season.