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Legislative leaders strike cooperative tone ahead of 2020 session
Republican state legislative leaders Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, and House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, emphasized a desire to cooperate with the governor’s administration...
River Center study, U.S.S. Kidd drydocking discussed at DDD meeting
The River Center feasibility study, U.S.S. Kidd maintenance, a new Mid City festival and a soon-to-be-unveiled downtown walking trail were among the more than...
Roundup: Sunshine Bridge contractor / Fed outlook / Judge OK’s T-Mobile deal
Lawsuit: Coastal Bridge, the company best known for receiving the contract to repair the Sunshine Bridge, owes over $1.5 million in unpaid supplies costs,...
Alford: The evolution of Louisiana’s budget politics
From 1992 to 2007, during the administrations of former Govs. Edwin Edwards, Mike Foster and Kathleen Blanco, the politics behind the state budget process...
Plastics is the word for Baton Rouge’s petrochemical plants
Cheaper feedstocks and convenient access to water and rail are largely responsible for a burgeoning plastics market in the Baton Rouge metro area. Much...
Budget plans include funding to deepen Mississippi River in Louisiana
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend more than $85 million this year on a project to deepen the main channel of the...
Mayor of Sandy Springs talks about privatization vs. traditional government
Last summer, the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia, did an about-face and hired more than 125 employees who previously provided various services to the...
Register your company now for the Baton Rouge 2020 Best Places to Work
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Trip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge Metro Airport: Sweet secrets of the...
Fly nonstop from BTR to Atlanta. Then uncover a city filled with unique and unexpected delights. Visit the odd urban preserve, Doll’s Head Trail....
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: [VIDEO] Is your office a...
Downtown Baton Rouge has no shortage of great office space, but 232 Third St. might just be some of the most unique. Put your...
Metro Council to redo vote on appointments to BREC board, airport commission
At its Jan. 22 meeting, shortly after appointing attorney Jennifer Racca to fill the unexpired term of Barbara Freiberg, the Metro Council voted on...
Southern University harvesting first medical marijuana crop next week
Amid years of delays, the first batch of medical marijuana by Southern University will finally be harvested next week, AgCenter Chancellor-Dean Orlando McMeans announced...
Roundup: Legislative clout / LSU gameday uniforms / Autonomous cars
Rankings: Leadership means everything when considering clout in the Louisiana Legislature, which is why mayors and chamber of commerce leaders and police jury presidents...
JR Ball: Distrust and dysfunction in Baton Rouge government
Nobody said representative democracy was supposed to be easy. As political philosophies go, it’s—by design—a wonderfully messy, inefficient and slow-moving form of government. Its...
Elevate your leadership and your team with best-selling author Jon Gordon
Jon Gordon, whose best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world, will share his ideas for elevating your leadership and...
Thanks to Gulf Coast production US now a net energy exporter
A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration says the U.S. has become a net energy exporter, but only because production levels in...
Donnie Jarreau drops lawsuits against Sammy’s Grill
Developer Donnie Jarreau has dropped his two lawsuits against Sammy’s Grill, according to court documents, with both parties resolving the issue upon the permanent...
Climate change worries, oversupply suppressing energy stocks
Despite the country’s newfound net energy exporter status, Axios reports today that the oil and gas industry’s stocks are tanking, citing investor worries over...
Broome administration aspires to 20% DBE participation in MovEBR program
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration has sent a letter to the local engineering community, calling for greater inclusion of small, minority, women and veteran-owned businesses...
Texas firm buys former surgical hospital property in north Baton Rouge
A Texas developer has purchased the former Greater Baton Rouge Surgical Hospital on Howell Boulevard in north Baton Rouge for nearly $7.2 million.
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