Some State Senators are hoping to put the brakes on traffic camera companies that catch red light runners across Louisiana.

A Bill by Senator Troy Hebert of Jeanerette would prevent the companies from taking pictures of the front of people's cars and from getting social security... [Read More]

A Louisiana House of Representatives committee will decide Monday whether to recommend a total repeal of the state income tax or reduce it.

Sen. B.L. "Buddy" Shaw, R-Shreveport, told the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday he would prefer reverting to Senate Bill 87's... [Read More]

An Ascension Parish physician who owned and operated a “wellness center” is scheduled to appear in federal court next week on an accusation that he illegally prescribed medication.

Dr. Donald P. Auzine, 38, of Prairieville, is to appear Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Stephen C.... [Read More]

Big trucks move over; smaller vehicles are coming through. That's what some legislators at the Capitol want to happen. They are backing a bill to make 18-wheeler drivers stick to the right-hand lane on all state highways. Surprisingly, many of the truck drivers are all for this bill because they... [Read More]

A Metro Council panel Wednesday advanced a proposed $1 million settlement for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for more than 16 years for a rape he did not commit.

Councilwoman Lorri Burgess, a member of the council’s Finance and Executive Committee, said the settlement for Gene... [Read More]

In a related story to Monday's horrendous crime scene, we've been hearing widespread complaints from citizens whose telephones rang at home with the urgent message to be on the lookout for a certain vehicle and dangerous occupants.

As law enforcement worked to quickly find suspects... [Read More]

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux’s 150-member transition team presented a 24-page report Tuesday filled with suggestions on how to better serve the public and fight crime.

“Nothing jumped out as a surprise. Many of the issues the team hit on were things that surfaced... [Read More]

Consolidating the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office should be one of the major focuses in the upcoming election for Mayor-President of EBR Parish this fall.

States across the U.S. are learning that the integration of law enforcement agencies have... [Read More]

A former Metro Councilman said Monday he is responsible for recorded election-day telephone calls asking black people to stay home and not vote in the 6th District congressional election.

The state Democratic Party asked for a restraining order and is investigating the “robo-calls”... [Read More]

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputies have arrested and charged two people with the double murder at a BREC park in Zachary.

Dominic Dantoni Smith of Zachary and Trendall Lashel Matthews of Jackson were each charged with two counts of first degree murder and two... [Read More]

Volunteers in boats combed a wooded area near the St. Helena Parish line Sunday without success in their search for a missing Sunday school teacher authorities fear may have met with foul play Friday.

Livingston Parish Sheriff's detectives planned to organize a more extensive search today for the 58-year-old widow and Sunday school teacher who was last heard from just before noon... [Read More]

Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Co. will invest $93 million more in the city and create 113 additional jobs, state and local officials said this morning.

Coca-Cola had begun construction of a new bottling and distribution center last year off Plank Road east of Metro Airport on 112... [Read More]

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber formally backed several initiatives of the Jindal administration this week to ramp up state economic development efforts, including requests for $307 million more in deal-making money for big projects and a nearly $8 million increase to the Governor’s Rapid Response... [Read More]

Albermale, one of the world's leading producers of bulk ibuprofen, will relocate its corporate headquarters to Baton Rouge. The company's headquarters are currently in Richmond, Virginia.
The move was announced at a news conference held by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Wednesday... [Read More]

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center can celebrate its 20th anniversary with the anticipated summer groundbreaking for its $28 million new clinical research building.

The money was obtained piecemeal over time in a “frustrating” process, but Pennington Executive Director Claude... [Read More]

Baton Rouge Metro Airport likely would benefit from either of two large, prospective airline industry mergers with expanded destinations for local flights, officials said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Aviation Director Anthony Marino said the airport is close to landing a new discount... [Read More]

Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc. has been given a $695-million contract to build the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal surge-reduction project. The floodgate-type structure is being built in conjunction with the closure of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to upgrade protection from... [Read More]

Cox Communications’ cable television and Internet customers have begun seeing higher bills as the local cable provider implements its most recent round of rate increases.
For 40 percent of Cox customers, the rate increase is $3. For the rest, the figure falls between $3 and a maximum of... [Read More]