With 1.6% employment drop in latest BLS report, EBR ranks near bottom among US large counties

In September 2019, East Baton Rouge Parish employed 263,500 people, a 1.6% decline from...

Year-over-year Baton Rouge sales tax collections up $3.3M in 2019

Baton Rouge’s sales tax collections in December 2019 rose some 0.13% from the same...

Baton Rouge’s WRKF joining other public radio stations to launch Gulf States Newsroom

Four public radio stations—including WRKF 89.3 FM, Baton Rouge’s independent NPR affiliate—are collaborating to...

Cleo Fields introducing legislation amid community backlash over ExxonMobil fire 

During a community meeting where north Baton Rouge residents aired out their contempt for...

Prescription drug costs, increased utilization drive up Louisiana health care spending

Louisianans with employer-sponsored health insurance spent an average of $1,318 per person on prescription...

Don’t expect Baton Rouge opioid payout to reach tobacco settlement levels

As Baton Rouge’s opioid lawsuit and others sit before an Ohio federal judge, the...

News alert: ExxonMobil fire emitted more chemicals than first thought; neighborhoods not endangered

The fire that erupted last week at ExxonMobil’s north Baton Rouge refinery emitted thousands...

Coffee Joy moving into former Vanilla Sweet House space on Perkins

A locally based coffee shop called Coffee Joy is moving into the Acadian-Perkins Plaza...

DiVincenti Brokerage acquires Grey Hammett Commercial Real Estate

DiVincenti Brokerage has acquired Grey Hammett Commercial Real Estate, with the latter becoming a...

Chances are rising that your doctor will be female

Louisiana, however, has yet to see female students dominate med schools.
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