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Interviews for EBR superintendent finalists start today

Interviews with the three finalists for East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent start this...

Financial literacy program gaining popularity

A financial literacy program developed by Baton Rouge-based the EDSA Group is catching on...

Source: Stanford borrowed $1.6 billion from firm

The chief investment officer of troubled Stanford Financial Group appeared today in federal court...

La. bank receives FDIC cease and desist order

Central Progressive Bank, based in Lacombe and with a branch in Denham Springs, has...

Sports roundup: Clayton switching teams … New York Times looks at controversial LSU recruit

Bye-bye Bucs: Michael Clayton, the former LSU star wide receiver, is now a free...

FBI arrests Stanford Financial Group exec

FBI agents arrested the chief investment officer of troubled Stanford Financial Group on Thursday,...

No ‘LaPolitics’ this week

John Maginnis is on Mardi Gras break. His LaPolitics column will return March 6.

News roundup: Identity theft complaints up 50% … Early voting ends Saturday … Union Parish poultry plant temporarily closing

Watch your information: A report by the Federal Trade Commission says complaints of fraud...

La. rural unemployment rate below national average

The recession has hit rural communities hard and led to spikes in unemployment, according...