BATON ROUGE -- When lawmakers return to work Monday, they will take time out from present-day lawmaking to reflect on April 30,1812, the day Louisiana was admitted to the Union as the 18th state. Times-Picayune archiveLouisiana lawmakers will meet in a... »
They admit to falsifying documents that helped two businesses collect $37.9 million »
BATON ROUGE -- A Senate-passed bill to halt the proposed merger of the New Orleans civil, criminal and juvenile courts by the end of 2014 won swift approval Thursday from the House Judiciary Committee, leaving it one major vote short... »
BATON ROUGE -- Landowners have answered the oil and gas industry with their preferred rewrite of the rules governing the lawsuits property owners file against energy firms alleging environmental damages left behind after exploration and production leas... »
BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal is heading southwest for a string of Republican money-raising events.AP Photo/Michael ConroyGov. Bobby Jindal, shown here speaking at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, continues to keep a busy trav... »
BATON ROUGE -- The House has given its approval to legislation that will allow insurance companies to send proof of vehicular insurance to cell phones and other electronic devices.File photoRep. Greg Cromer, R-SlidellRepresentatives voted 94-0 for Hous... »
Shelly Dick is a founding partner of the Baton Rouge law firm Forrester and Dick, LLC »
BATON ROUGE -- How would party politics in the pre-Civil War Era have evolved if President Andrew Jackson took office in 1825 instead of four years later? Would the table ever have been set for Abraham Lincoln to become a... »
Baton Rouge -- Bills that would limit sex offenders' access to public libraries, make the killing of a taxi driver first-degree murder and increase penalties for the theft of copper were approved by a Senate committee Tuesday afternoon. Senate Bill... »
BATON ROUGE -- Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to advance proposals that would impose new strictures on abortion providers, including a measure to require clinicians to make an ultrasound both visible and audible to a woman seeking to terminate ... »
John Wolfe Jr. expected to file suit in federal court in Baton Rouge later this week to try to win the delegates he earned in the Louisiana primary »
The Capital Area Transit System, which had been facing a significant budget deficit, is also pushing legislation that would remove oversight by the Metro Council in Baton Rouge »
The $25.7 million property tax that provides 91 percent of the revenue for the East Bank Consolidated Fire Department was renewed for another 10 years. The Fire Department serves all of Old Jefferson and most of Metairie and is one... »
Group's annual meeting will be Friday in Baton Rouge »
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has announced the start of a partnership with Google, making its schedule and route information available on Google Maps. When people are searching for directions or specific locations, New Orleans' transit sy... »
