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Family tradition: Hans Sternberg has business in his blood

Editors note: This story has been changed since original publication.HALL OF FAME LAUREATE Hans...

How Baton Rouge measures up

Think of it as Anderson Silva meeting Cain Velasquez in the Octagon. Sugar Ray...

The good, the bad and the ugly

When the Legislature convenes a special session in the middle of March to start...

Banking on growth

There’s soon to be a new king in Louisiana’s banking castle.Should Mississippi-based Hancock Bank...

Against the ropes

Six-foot-two Larry Lundy has been in his share of fights. As a teenager, he played...

Lewis Unglesby: The bulldog in your court

His admirers call him a bull in a china shop. One of Louisiana's most...

Order in the court

Jim Percy, a Jones Walker attorney, is scheduled to appear in court in just...

The gospel according to Paul: Education Superintendent Paul Pastorek is admired—and also reviled—for spreading his message about the state’s ailing public schools.

(All photography by Marie Constantin) They started gathering for breakfast around 7:30. School board members....

There’s only one Ollie: She’s tried selling meat pies and holding public office. But Mary Olive Pierson is at her best stirring it up...

(All photography by Marie Constantin) District Attorney Doug Moreau was already having a bad day. Months...
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