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Eight potential dark-horse contenders in Louisiana’s gubernatorial race
With six months until Louisiana makes its first cut in selecting a new governor and just four announced candidates, rumors can't help but persist...
Race to the mansion: Interviews with Louisiana’s gubernatorial candidates
Over the next six months, Louisianans will have a front-row seat to what promises to be one of the most bitterly fought political contests...
Race to the mansion: David Vitter
(Photography by Marie Constantin)
The candidate at the front of the pack talks taxes, TOPS and transportation.
According to several polls, and judging by campaign war...
Race to the mansion: John Bel Edwards
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Can the lone Democrat in the race convince a red state to go blue?
When state Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, started running for governor...
Race to the mansion: Jay Dardenne
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He has spent his life and career preparing for this governor's race. Is the timing right for his brand of conservatism?
Jay Dardenne...
Race to the mansion: Scott Angelle
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Scott Angelle's challenge: introducing himself to voters outside Acadiana and Baton Rouge.
According to some polls, Republican Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Scott...
Publisher: ‘Coaches’ vying for Louisiana’s top political job need to open up their playbooks
Politics is often referred to as a sport in the Bayou State, and in his latest column, Business Report Publisher Rolfe McCollister likens the...
Louisiana’s Independent voters are breaking records, even without a formal party
The fastest-growing political party in Louisiana isn't a party at all, even though it finally has the legal ability to become one.
Voters who consider themselves...
The 2015 Legislative Session: Eight bills for business
A looming $1.6 billion budget hole has complicated the upcoming legislative to an extraordinary degree, pitting interests like colleges and universities against business and...
The 2015 Legislative Session: Six lawmakers to watch
JOHN BEL EDWARDS
In a Capitol controlled by Republicans, state Rep. John Bel Edwards will find a way to make his voice heard. Edwards, 48,...
Stephanie Riegel: Unpaid tickets: an obvious problem with uncertain solutions
Problems with unpaid parking tickets are nothing new in Baton Rouge. From time to time, various media outlets report on the millions of dollars...
The 2015 Legislative Session: Will Louisiana’s lawmakers make the tough choices necessary to deal...
(Illustration by Steve Shamburger)
State Rep. Franklin Foil has been a loyal supporter of Gov. Bobby Jindal, even when other Republicans deserted the governor in...
Making the case: LSU President F. King Alexander leads the charge to stave off...
After nearly two years of wearing the many hats that come with being chancellor and president of LSU, F. King Alexander donned a new one...
Stephanie Riegel: Change comes to a neighborhood
Overpass Cleaners will close its doors later this month after nearly 70 years in business. Since the late 1940s, the family-owned business has operated...
Stephanie Riegel: Do we really support public transit?
Baton Rougeans love to complain about the city’s gridlock and infrastructure issues—and justifiably so. Both anecdotal information and hard data suggest our traffic problems...
Louisiana braces for fiscal disaster
The state Legislative Fiscal Office is expected to announce on Jan. 26 its revised income forecast for the coming fiscal year. Whatever the numbers show,...
Q&A: Congressman Garret Graves
Baton Rouge Republican Garret Graves, until recently head of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, will represent the Capital Region in the new...
Rolfe McCollister: Election day can set a new direction
Most elections are over across the country, but the first Saturday in December will be critical to Louisiana’s future direction and will send a...
Publisher: American voters send a message
So, what did Election Day tell us? A majority of folks are not happy. Nearly two-thirds of voters in exit polls said the country...
Alford: Obama, Jindal, and their risky endorsements
Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. David Vitter walk into a bar. No, this isn’t a joke. But, columnist Jeremy Alford says, it is...
