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Dardenne: state Comite funds can’t be used to match $255M for drainage projects
As city-parish leaders try to find a source for the $2 million a year needed to match $255 million in federal funds earmarked for...
HUD issues guidelines enabling payout to 2016 Louisiana flood victims
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the legal guidance needed to implement the duplication of benefits fix for Louisiana’s 2016...
If not tort reform, what’s the Louisiana solution to high auto insurance rates?
If state leaders want to score an election-year win with both the public and the business community, they would find a way to lower...
State withholds $1.3M from IEM over Restore Louisiana issues
Though Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has applauded the performance of the $1.6 billion Restore Louisiana program—a federally funded initiative to get victims of...
Spanish Town Airbnb battle heats up as draft ordinance becomes public
Spanish Town Civic Association members are raising concerns over an ordinance draft that would regulate short-term rentals in historic neighborhoods, which they complain favors...
Capitol Views: Centralized sales tax issue dead for this year
The House Ways and Means Committee essentially defeated legislation Monday afternoon that would have drastically changed the way in which Louisiana’s various governmental bodies...
Keeping Spanish Town weird in an Airbnb world
Spanish Town residents Cheryl McCormick and Derrell Cohoon recall the surly reputation the neighborhood had when they moved into their historic Fifth Street home...
The business of billboards … or driver distraction?
One of the more controversial proposals of this year’s legislative session is a pair of bills aimed at limiting billboards statewide, which has set...
Another rocky road facing gas tax bill in Louisiana Legislature
A gas tax bill crafted by a statewide industry group, Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads, and sponsored by Republican Baton Rouge Rep. Steve...
When will work on the Government St. ‘road diet’ end?
Drive down Government Street and you’ll see a developing Electric Depot, a finished White Star Market, an array of restaurants—Soji, Elsie’s Plate and Pie,...
Carter bill would raise state gasoline tax, help build new Baton Rouge bridge
Baton Rouge Rep. Steve Carter has filed an ambitious and far-reaching bill that would eventually raise more than a $1 billion a year for...
Metro Council cleared to fire mosquito abatement director
A 19th Judicial District Court has cleared the way for the Metro Council to potentially fire the executive director of the East Baton Rouge...
Sen. Bodi White still working out ITEP reform legislation details
State Sen. Bodi White, who intends to co-file legislation to reform the Industrial Tax Exemption Program, said today that specifics are still being worked...
State senator urges Corps to push diversion projects to mitigate flood risks
State Sen. Eddie Lambert, R-Prairieville, is calling for the advancement of a roughly $877 million sediment diversion effort—as well as more diversion projects in...
‘LaPolitics:’ Senate chairs look toward regular session
Senate Finance Chair Eric LaFleur says that since the deadlock in the Revenue Estimating Conference has nearly halted the early budgeting process, his committee...
MovEBR program manager bids move to selection board review
Several firms have responded to the Broome administration’s Request for Qualifications for two separate program managers to oversee more than $1 billion of road...
I-10 widening hampered by potential historic districts Â
The state’s plans to widen a 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate 10 through the heart of Baton Rouge have been slowed, at least in part,...
To attract more students, LSU wants scholarship flexibility
In an effort to maximize its student recruiting efforts, LSU’s flagship Baton Rouge campus is asking for more autonomy in the awarding of need-...
Detente between state, LSU AgCenter over medical marijuana grower
Tensions appear to have eased between state Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain and the LSU AgCenter over its growing partner in the state’s upstart...
Environmental report on Baton Rouge I-10 widening delayed until summer
While originally set to be released in December, the final environmental assessment report for the proposed widening of Interstate 10 through Baton Rouge won’t...
