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Together Baton Rouge is voicing its opposition to what they have dubbed a “water grab bill.”

Districts can't afford to maintain facilities or add to curricula as business tax breaks go to large corporate entities.

An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.

A Texas A&M professor joins colleagues in asserting that students, especially the poorest, are being hurt by draining school budgets.

An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.

BATON ROUGE - Monday night marked the first round of interviews for candidates vying for the top spot in the Baton Rouge Police Department. 

The founder of a well-known after-school feeding program was selected Thursday to temporarily replace recently resigned Katie Kennison on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board despite criticism for her

BATON ROUGE - A bridge in the Glen Oaks area that works as the main entrance into one neighborhood is a mess. The asphalt is completely caved in in some parts, and the pavement is uneven.

Flush with millions of federal dollars — mostly from a bill aimed at helping states balance budgets gutted by the coronavirus-induced recession — Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies are shelling out for new technology.

Louisiana Illuminator Bill would allow industrial users to keep their employees on water regulation boards The Louisiana Capitol Building, April 8, 2021. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator). The Louisiana Legislature is close to approving a bill that would allow employees of industrial companies to sit on the groundwater district commissions that oversee the drinking water those companies use for commercial operations. The legislation would also retroactively void ethics violations five Baton...