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JR Ball: Should dying Louisiana small towns be kept alive?
With each passing month, more and more of the tax dollars coming from Baton Rouge or one of the state’s other semi-thriving metropolises is...
JR Ball: Should dying Louisiana small towns be kept alive?
Those of us in Baton Rouge who actually pay taxes to the state of Louisiana probably don’t realize it, but we have a growing...
Riegel: Baton Rouge loses another architectural gem
Baton Rouge lost one of its architectural gems earlier this month. You probably didn’t hear about it. Not many people did.
Issues related to historic...
Publisher: Why doesn’t Baton Rouge government work?
The latest example of government failing its taxpayers and citizens is our recent cover story—“Stung!” by Stephanie Riegel—about the escalating costs and fees for...
JR Ball: Questions need answers on both sides of St. George debate
Barring a timetable delaying legal challenge, the voters in this long-proposed, much-debated city of St. George will get their say later this year on...
Alford: Grumpy elephants and a Teflon donkey
If you’re willing to look closely, you may find this cycle’s gubernatorial election doesn't have something for everyone to enjoy, but it’s starting to...
Alford: Locals prepare for a moment in the sun
If you’re ever bumping around the Capitol, and you hear someone refer to “the locals,” they aren’t discussing Baton Rouge’s lovable flamingo fanatics or...
JR Ball: Baton Rouge just fine with sexual harassment
Harvey Weinstein would be right at home in Baton Rouge.
Why wouldn’t the man who can’t keep his hands to himself not love a place...
Riegel: Why we remain so unfriendly to pedestrians
Baton Rouge recently made another one of those dubious lists that highlights the bad things about places. This one, titled “Deadly by Design” and...
Publisher: Louisiana faced with the future—again
Brian Solis is an author, digital analyst and futurist. He travels the globe and sees the evidence of disruption daily—and what lies ahead. He...
Alford: Political money game may look different this year
While Democratic boosters in Louisiana are eager to double down on the candidacy of Gov. John Bel Edwards, Republican donors and conservative-minded associations are...
Alford: Political money game may look different this election cycle
While Democratic boosters in Louisiana are eager to double down on the candidacy of Gov. John Bel Edwards, Republican donors and conservative-minded associations are...
Alford: The partying is over
Washington Mardi Gras is a yearly tradition that stretches back more than six decades.
It’s essentially a series of parties and mini-conferences, both formal...
Alford: The partying is over (mostly)
You may have had a bit of fun last week back at home at your local Mardi Gras shindigs, but you probably didn’t have full-bars-in-the-elevators...
JR Ball: The real ITEP problem
Go ahead, blame Gov. John Bel Edwards for creating the mess that’s become of the Industrial Tax Exemption Program. Scream whatever obscenities you like...
Riegel: The Louisiana way of doing business
I was in Mobile, Alabama, earlier this month, when the state’s first Buc-ee’s—indeed, the first Buc-ee’s outside of the convenience store chain’s home state...
Publisher: Governor’s ITEP change helps Texas
“In my 40 years, this is the best economic development move I have ever seen by any Louisiana governor—for the state of Texas.”
—Economist Loren...
Alford: Same delegation, different feel
What a difference a year makes.
But you knew that already. There’s a reason why writers and others use that adage, and it happens...
Alford: House continues to buck tradition
In terms of legislative lines of demarcation, there’s before Barras and after Barras. That’s to say there was the Louisiana House before the election...
JR Ball: The curious case of Lea Anne Batson
The why remains a mystery, but it’s obvious that Metro Councilman LaMont Cole and his council cabal—which notably includes Republican Chandler Loupe—want City-Parish Attorney...
