Tag: politics

Saturday’s election results brought to mind a popular meme. The one where Morpheus from “The Matrix” says, “What if I told you…” So, “What...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) filed the Eliminating Corporate Shadow Banking Act of 2019 this week to close loopholes that would allow commercial companies to offer...

By Maria Marsh and Abigail Hendren | LSU Manship School News Service  BATON ROUGE—While most of the attention is on the tight governor’s race in Saturday’s...

Congress could soon renew a multibillion-dollar package of special-interest tax breaks that expired at the end of 2017, which go by the oh-so-Washington nickname...

By Raymond Constantino and Katherine Manuel, LSU Reveille BATON ROUGE — Three candidates for governor clashed over taxes and Medicaid in their first debate Thursday...

By David Jacobs | The Center Square The state of Louisiana finished the most recent fiscal year with a surplus of about $500 million, Gov. John...

The most recent job numbers for the Shreveport metropolitan statistical area (MSA) were…not great. And, they could get worse in a short amount of...

BATON ROUGE — NFIB, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, has revealed that 12 state senators and 38 representatives who served in 2018-19 achieved...

State and local officials are working diligently to ensure Fibrebond Corporation, and its 750 jobs stays in Minden. A meeting was held at Camp Minden...

Fibrebond is investigating a move out of Minden and into East Texas, according to internal communications from the company’s leadership. A memo sent over the...