Congress expected to vote for drastic changes to PPPĀ 

Small businesses could soon see a rollback of several universally loathed measures attached to...

Roundup: State education superintendent / US home sales / Consumer confidenceĀ 

Salary: Louisiana's new state education superintendent will receive a $285,000 salary under a pay...

Alford: State leaders have to think outside the boxĀ Ā 

From the COVID-19 outbreak and the dip in oil prices to climbing unemployment figures...

Virus roundup …  

• Even as coronavirus testing ramps up around the country, businesses and public-health authorities...

Louisiana oil and gas would suffer with restrictions on leasing, drilling permitsĀ 

Louisiana's oil and gas industry, already struggling from too little demand and too much...

Roundup: Krispy Kreme is back / Changes at the Capitol / Ernest J. Gaines AwardĀ 

Fresh doughnuts: The ā€œHotā€ light has lit up once again at Krispy Kreme’s Plank...

Virus roundup …  

• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has released an interactive map of known COVID-19...

Roundup: Oil prices / 3D printing research / Baton Rouge produce partnershipĀ 

Looking up: In a sign that oil markets are returning to relative normality, the...

Virus roundup … 

• By enabling states to offer more generous unemployment benefits, and by enacting a...

Roundup: Domino’s lease / Hurricane season / NASA liftoffĀ 

Signed: RPM Pizza, one of the largest Domino's Pizza franchisee in the U.S., has...