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Sterling children accept settlement offer; judge dismisses case
A 19th Judicial District Court judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the city-parish and former Baton Rouge police officer Blane Salamoni on behalf...
LABI celebrates business legislative victories
As the 2021 regular legislative session wrapped up Thursday, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry singled out a list of bills passed by...
‘LaPolitics’: The session is over but not the decisions
The wheeling and dealing and cheerleading and screaming have ended, thanks to a final adjournment from both chambers in time for the regular session’s...
Library, mosquito officials uncertain about rededicating tax dollars for drainage
Officials with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library System and Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control are trying to gauge what would happen to their...
New Mississippi River bridge makes earmarks list in congressional highway bill
While much attention of late has been focused on the uncertain fate of President Biden’s massive infrastructure stimulus package, currently stalled on Capitol Hill, a congressional committee worked literally through the night on a separate bill that includes money for specific bridge and highway projects in Louisiana, including a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana tax swap plans win final passage to reach ballot
A long-recommended proposal to untie Louisiana's income tax collections from federal tax payments won passage today, the legislative session's last day, sending the concept...
Dwight Hudson wants voters to rededicate portion of library, mosquito tax dollars for drainage
Metro Council member Dwight Hudson will soon push for a measure asking voters to rededicate a portion of tax dollars from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library System and Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control to pay for drainage and sewerage upkeep.
Louisiana session enters final stretch with tax issues yet to be settled
Louisiana lawmakers went into the final day of the legislative session this morning still negotiating over roadwork spending and other financial issues, while preparing...
WBRZ-TV to broadcast sports betting content
Baton Rouge ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV today announced it has entered into a content distribution agreement with sports betting network VSiN.Â
As Louisiana moves closer to...
Broome administration will pitch Rescue Act spending plan to Metro Council
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration has released its plan for spending the first batch of pandemic relief money coming to the city-parish under President Biden’s American Rescue Act.
Metro Council to discuss possibility, logistics of subdivisions requesting building moratoriums
The Metro Council will soon discuss the theoretical possibility of and process for implementing a building moratorium in East Baton Rouge Parish.
$3.9B Louisiana school funding formula with raises approved
A $3.9 billion financing formula to pay for K-12 public schools and give those schools' workers a pay raise in the upcoming year received...
Louisiana college athlete endorsement bill heads to governor
Louisiana is poised to join more than a dozen other states allowing college athletes to earn cash from endorsements and sponsorship deals under an...
Striving for more diverse leadership at LSU
Leadership at the state's flagship institution has been dominated by men, but the university is embarking on an effort to get more women in upper-management positions.
Funding source for new Mississippi River bridge advances to full Senate
An infrastructure bill advanced Monday by the Senate Finance Committee could have major implications for Baton Rouge and the quest for a new Mississippi...
Black caucus calls out what it sees as legislative hypocrisy
Members of the Legislative Black Caucus and other social justice advocacy organizations will hold a news conference today at the Capitol to express their...
Lawmakers trying to reach deal on roadwork
Louisiana senators advanced several transportation financing proposals in a rare Sunday debate session, as lawmakers negotiated behind the scenes on ways to steer more...
Legislature approves bill to cover bariatric surgeries for state employees
Officials with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s new Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, and other health care...
Centralization of state sales tax collection now goes to Louisiana voters
Louisiana lawmakers Thursday gave final passage to an effort pushed by Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder to begin the centralization of the state's sales...
‘LaPolitics’: New transportation-focused group meets
As first reported in Business Report last fall, politicos and civic activists have spent the past few months creating a new transportation-focused group called...
