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Landry vetoes controversial Nexus Louisiana bill

Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a controversial measure targeting control of Louisiana’s advocacy organization...

Roundup: The judge speaks / Bill of health / Louisiana sues again

Rotary: Darrel James Papillion, a judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...

Walter Morales and Commonwealth Advisors hire yet another new attorney

Baton Rouge attorney Jack K. Whitehead Jr. will now represent once-prominent investment advisor Walter...

Surprise legislation targets control of Research Park Corp. and Nexus Louisiana

If signed by the governor, amendments to what was once a sickle cell anemia...

The decade-long sewerage dispute at Cedar Lodge Plantation is over

A rather lengthy federal battle between Phil Witter’s Cedar Lodge Plantation and the owners of Fairway View Apartments on College Drive near Corporate Boulevard over raw sewage has been resolved.

Months before trial, attorneys for Walter Morales step away

Just months before a scheduled 10-day federal civil jury trial, attorneys for once-prominent investment advisor Walter Morales have withdrawn from the case, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

See the latest job gains in the Baton Rouge area 

The Baton Rouge Area gained nearly 12,000 jobs year-over-year between December 2022 and December 2023, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced today.

2024-25 Louisiana Economic Forecast

Get the exclusive 2024-2025 economic forecast for the state of Louisiana, from Dr. Loren...

Army Corps has a plan to delay saltwater creeping upriver

As drought continues to force saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico upriver in Louisiana, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this morning announced a plan to slow the flow.

News alert: Thinkstream’s Barry Bellue and Morris Alexander arrested on fraud, criminal conspiracy charges

Thinkstream founder Barry Bellue   Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication...
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