Focus on effort, not talent when praising workers

Praising employees motivates them to work harder, take more risks and inspires them to...

Louisiana LGBT population third among Deep South states

Nearly 4% of Louisiana residents identify lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, according to a...

Stores that share names with bankrupt chains face PR nightmare

“We’re not them.” That’s the message some retailers desperately try to communicate to customers,...

Roundup: Don’t give up these for lent / Home sales up / Papa John’s settlement

‘OK’ junk foods: There are junk foods out there, it turns out, that are...

East Baton Rouge home to mostly native-born residents

Nearly three-quarters of adults living in East Baton Rouge Parish were born in Louisiana,...

They break it, Louisiana fixes it

After a crane-mounted barge slammed into the Sunshine Bridge on Oct. 12, shutting down...

Alford: The legacies and loopholes in Louisiana legislators’ campaign finances

Those who say you can’t take it with you clearly haven't met state Sen....

Roundup: New self-storage facility owners / Mississippi River flood warning / LSU marijuana squabble

New ownership: Baton Rouge-based Appletree Storage sold its self-storage facility on Foster Drive, near...

JR Ball: Should dying Louisiana small towns be kept alive?

With each passing month, more and more of the tax dollars coming from Baton...

Opioid drugmaker named in Baton Rouge lawsuit considering bankruptcy

An OxyContin manufacturer that’s the defendant in a Baton Rouge lawsuit filed last year...