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Riegel: How many consultants does it take to run CATS?
How many consultants does it take to run CATS? The shocking answering is at least 10, including three for marketing and communications.
Publisher: Why is Niranjan Baisakh still employed at LSU?
Given recent events and the ongoing Title IX scandal at LSU, one has to wonder why an AgCenter professor is still employed by the university?
Alford: Democratic Party targeting new voters
Republicans have enjoyed a hot streak in Louisiana, capturing most statewide and federal offices and tipping the scales in elected bodies like the Legislature....
Alford: Politics of redistricting gets personal
The first paid advertisements of the redistricting cycle, purchased specifically to influence how state legislators will draw an election district next year, have surfaced in the Acadiana region.
Guest opinion: Setting the record straight on industry response to orphan well claims
Recently, environmental groups have called for the removal of oil and gas industry representatives from Louisiana’s Oilfield Site Restoration Commission, the body that oversees the Department of Natural Resources' Orphan Well Program.
Alford: Sales tax amendment suddenly faces hurdles
After several months of feuding with lawmakers over funding for various projects and her administration’s COVID-19 restrictions, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has come out against the legislative leadership's crown jewel on the fall ballot—Constitutional Amendment No. 1 to centralize sales tax collections.
Alford: Democrats rally around new personalities
With Gov. John Bel Edwards nearing the midpoint of his final term in office and former Congressman Cedric Richmond working for the White House, Democrats in Louisiana are looking to the future and wondering who will be the next big names.
JR Ball: Flooding is plainly a way of life in Baton Rouge region
The Baton Rouge region, despite what we say, won't solve its flooding problem. Why? Because we don't want to do what it takes to address it.
Riegel: Who’s regulating the regulators in Louisiana?
Whether its nursing homes, the power grid, industry or picking up the garbage the question is the same: Why won't those responsible for regulating these services do their job?
Publisher’s View: Shame and blame on history of St. George
The St. George saga playing out could have been avoided if state legislators. like then state Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, didn't force the issue.
Alford: Louisiana once again waiting on Washington
ach passing day brings with it new promises of federal funding, yet the sun rises and sets with little hope of immediate arrival.
Alford: Redistricting is coming to a town near you
Malapportionment data shows adjustments are needed in election boundaries for not only Congress and the Legislature, but also the Public Service Commission, Supreme Court and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Alford: Bold changes expected via redistricting
Lawmakers have tentatively targeted Feb. 1, 2022, as the start date for their special session on redistricting. The process that will bring us to...
JR Ball: Ida can’t blow away dedicated tax grab
Whether it's economic development districts or TIF deals, the Metro Council loves giving away our tax dollars to the politically-connected.
Riegel: The difficult realities of life in south Louisiana
Whether its hurricanes, our quality of life or our eroding coast, it's getting harder to ask our children to remain in Louisiana.
Publisher: Reflecting in year 40 for ‘Business Report’
Reflecting on reluctance to embrace change in Baton Rouge since Business Report began 40 years ago as well as endorsements for the upcoming election.
Alford: Election anxiety also follows Ida
As search-and-rescue operations connected to Hurricane Ida gave way to a long recovery process last week, there were still lingering questions about the fate...
Alford: Hurricane season, COVID-19 challenge political campaigns
With an active hurricane season underway and the Delta variant’s footprint growing in Louisiana, campaign professionals here are fighting a two-headed dragon this election cycle.
Alford: Picking the next lieutenant governor
House Ways and Means Chairman Stuart Bishop has become the first announced candidate for the 2023 race for lieutenant governor. “I’m running,” Bishop said...
Alford: Political variants emerging in Louisiana
The coronavirus has mutated—and so have the politics attached to the government response in Louisiana. Each wave of increased infections refreshes partisan arguments, sending...
