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Rolfe McCollister: Are foxes guarding the henhouse?
While researching the BREC tax propositions, the discovery of the organization receiving $100 million per year, or $250,000 a day, and being overseen by...
Rolfe McCollister: Mayor Broome and BREC failed us
There is a big decision for all to make on Election Day, Nov. 5—and I’m not talking about the choice for president. Top billing...
‘LaPolitics’: Francine offered lessons for new homeland security chairs
Before he was elected to House District 104 in the Mandeville area, and long before Hurricane Francine sent his legislative team scrambling to serve...
‘LaPolitics’: Landry is on a record pace issuing executive orders
Gov. Jeff Landry issued 138 executive orders during his first eight months in office, which represents the highest single-year tally of any governor dating...
‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana has 10 new parish clerks
Ten brand-new clerks of court took office in Louisiana this year, which follows the 11 who stepped down four years ago, said Lafayette Parish...
‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana Dems to double congressional footprint
Before heading to the floor during the first few days of the Democratic National Convention last week, state Sens. Gary Carter and Ed Price...
Rolfe McCollister: Vote ‘No’ on BREC taxes Nov. 5
Despite BREC spending thousands of dollars in look-how-great-we-are TV commercials, voters on Nov. 5 should deliver a harsh but necessary truth: “We aren’t fools,...
Only reality will change the narrative
Rolfe McCollister Jr. is a contributing columnist. The viewpoints expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Business Report...
‘LaPolitics’: Cleo Fields is surging in new congressional district
The political infrastructure of the Congressional Black Caucus appears to be coalescing around former member and one-time Congressman Cleo Fields in Louisiana's newly redrawn...
‘LaPolitics’: State construction budget undergoing changes
The state’s process for deciding which projects from the annual construction budget to fund, and how to fund them, can be difficult to follow.
Sometimes,...
Garret Graves: A big loss for Louisiana
I couldn’t believe the news. How does one of the smartest, most effective and hardest-working members of the Louisiana congressional delegation not have a...
‘LaPolitics’: Regular session may be over, but the drama continues
After spending the better part of five months in session—from organizational and redistricting to crime and regular—lawmakers, lobbyists, staffers, reporters, activists, hangers-on and rouges...
District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose should resign
Baton Rouge District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose should resign or be removed from the bench by the Judiciary Commission after a recent tirade and...
‘LaPolitics’: EBR mayoral race will be a ballot highlighter
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated since its original publication to reflect that as reported by The Advocate, $13.4 million in federal housing grants...
Who will stand up to Gov. Landry?
I said Gov. Jeff Landry wants to be king. That’s wrong. What’s clear is he’s out to become dictator of our little banana republic,...
’LaPolitics’: Gov. Landry is making aggressive tax changes
Gov. Jeff Landry replaced the entire membership of the Louisiana Tax Commission roughly a month ago, on Feb. 23, quietly marking the beginning of...
Rolfe McCollister: CATS represents Baton Rouge’s dysfunction
If you wonder, as you read the new census numbers, why East Baton Rouge Parish is shrinking as a capital city, let’s look at...
‘LaPolitics’: Will constitutional chatter dominate legislative workflow?
Larry Bagley was a young teacher fresh out of college in 1972, when Louisiana was preparing to hold the constitutional convention that produced our...
‘Lapolitics’: Will constitutional chatter dominate workflow?
Larry Bagley was a young teacher fresh out of college in 1972, when Louisiana was preparing to hold the constitutional convention that produced our...
‘LaPolitics’: Turnout estimates differ for presidential primary
The Secretary of State’s Office is expecting turnout of between 20% and 25% for Saturday’s presidential preference primary election—the first of 2024. As for...
