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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...
Publisher: Kennedy and the character issue
Is state Treasurer John Kennedy taking a page from the playbook of his pal, Sen. David Vitter, by being a hypocrite and willing to...
The Interview: NCAA President Mark Emmert
(Photo by The Associated Press)
Leadership, higher education, college athletics, politics—NCAA President Mark Emmert will discuss it all when he visits LSU on Sept. 29...
Stagnant salaries: Pay for Gov. John Bel Edwards’ cabinet secretaries little changed from Jindal...
During his 2015 gubernatorial campaign, Gov. John Bel Edwards criticized the “exorbitant” salaries former Gov. Bobby Jindal paid his cabinet secretaries. Yet once elected,...
Publisher: Leaders don’t have to be politicians
In about 50 days we will go to the polls to vote for local, state and national elections. But lately, elections and politicians haven’t...
Bondage, wilderness and the Promised Land
I once heard a man in a movie say, “Tomorrow will be a day of days.” He simply meant it will be something of...
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,...
Baton Rouge business community’s heavy hitters still up in the air on mayoral race
Now that Labor Day has come and gone, the political season is officially underway. But the Baton Rouge mayoral race has yet to capture...
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...
President Obama to tour flood damage in Baton Rouge next week
President Barack Obama, who has come under fire for not disrupting his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to visit a flood-devastated Louisiana, will visit Baton Rouge...
Trump, Pence arrive in Baton Rouge to tour flood damage
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, are in Baton Rouge today to tour flood-damaged neighborhoods.
The Associated Press...
Publisher: Police and union reform must happen
Publisher's note: Our community has experienced some tough and tragic times in the past six weeks. The shootings seemed to divide our community, and...
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...
White says his war chest for Baton Rouge mayor exceeds $400K
When campaign finance reports are released Wednesday for the three-month reporting period ending July 31, they will show that Baton Rouge mayoral candidate and...
Publisher: July 2016—A moment or a movement?
Not many cities have endured what Baton Rouge has had to deal with since July 5. It has been painful and horrific, like nothing...
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...
Call for protest Wednesday in support of proposed police residency ordinance draws fire
City and state officials are taking issue with the timing of a proposed Metro Council ordinance—and related protest in support of it—that would require...
Vice President Joe Biden expected in Baton Rouge for Thursday memorial
Vice President Joseph Biden is planning to attend a community memorial service in Baton Rouge on Thursday for the three law enforcement officers who...
Glasper calls on feds to investigate East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s Office
Former Metro Councilman Darrell Glasper is asking the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana to investigate...
Holden to ask Metro Council for property tax to fund road projects
Seeking to fund one last road project, Mayor Kip Holden will ask the Metro Council later this year to put a 5-mill property tax...
