Baton Rouge General Medical Center is seeking to rezone an undeveloped residential tract near its Bluebonnet Boulevard campus to allow for medical offices

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has proposed the first across-the-board pay raise for city-parish employees since 2015, plus additional raises for police following two pay bumps last year. Can Baton Rouge afford it?

Federal legislation calling for a major expansion of veteran health care benefits also authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to spend about $29.5 million to establish a new Baton Rouge outpatient clinic.

Rio Tacos & Tequila in downtown Baton Rouge is closed to the public during renovations, the restaurant announced.

BCP wanted to pay the city well over $200 million, and assume another $200 million or so of LUS debt, in exchange for keeping most of the revenue the system would generate for at least two decades.

Capital Area United Way is asking donors for feedback about a potential $10 million fundraising campaign.

Bernhard Capital Partners, ranking among the 300 largest private equity funds in the world, has its sights set on utility privatization but finding government partners is proving challenging—and controversial.

Next year’s update of the FuturEBR land use plan should confront how sprawl and lack of connectivity in East Baton Rouge contribute to heavy traffic and flood risk, Center for Planning Excellence CEO Camille Manning-Broome says. 

Lawmakers this year created, but did not fund, an incentive program meant to lure more property insurance companies to write policies in Louisiana. 

Benny’s has paid $2 million for about 12 acres next to the Rouses Market on Church Street in Zachary.