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LSU’s shift on diversity lacks transparency, critical input, faculty say 

Faculty members say LSU’s move away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language happened without their input and with little transparency after the fact. 

New BRPD chief preaches importance of being proactive to deter crime

New Baton Rouge Police Department Chief TJ Morse touted the importance of being strategic and proactive when it comes to decreasing crime in Baton...

How Angola has become essential to the U.S. food supply 

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here in Louisiana, at an unlikely source—the former slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison: Angola. 

Louisiana’s congressional delegation assails Biden’s LNG terminal pause 

Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and  U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy blasted President Biden's decision to pause pending liquefied...

An LSU-led team has won the largest NSF grant ever awarded

A statewide team led by LSU has secured the largest grant ever awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, totaling up to $160 million over the next 10 years in support of Louisiana’s energy industry.

This Baton Rouge furniture store is closing its doors

Nadeau, a furniture store on Perkins Road near Trader Joe’s, announced Friday that it is closing its doors.
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Construction firms say their job applicants lack the skills they need 

The U.S. needs an estimated 7 million more homes. But to build all those homes, experts say, America would need many more construction workers.

LSU sees new docuseries on student-athletes and NIL expanding fan base 

The Money Game, a recently announced docuseries for Amazon’s Prime Video that follows LSU student-athletes navigating the world of name, image and likeness deals, will expand the school’s fan base, says Taylor Jacobs, an associate athletic director at LSU. 

This local creative has developed a productivity tool for professionals

Baton Rouge author, business consultant, podcast host and photographer Jenn Ocken has developed a tool aimed at assisting professionals in achieving their goals and...

Food service equipment company setting up national operations in Caddo Parish 

Lincoln Foodservice Equipment, a Welbilt brand company that produces commercial-grade foodservice equipment, is establishing a new U.S. operations center at Welbilt’s existing site in Caddo Parish.

Who makes the best burger? Decide this and more in the Best of 225...

What is the best local coffee shop? Who makes the best king cakes? How about the best local place for a date night? Every year,...

From Microsoft to Levi’s, here’s a look at companies that are cutting jobs

It’s not even February, and 2024 has already proved to be a difficult year for layoffs. A handful of companies have been making job cuts in recent weeks, bringing uncertainty for workers across industries.

b1Bank partnering with Virginia-based data analytics company

Baton Rouge-based b1Bank has partnered with a Virginia-based data analytics company that specializes in community banking and finance. 

What happened to the saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River?

The intrusion of salt water upstream into the Mississippi River is no longer a threat to southeast Louisiana’s municipal drinking water supplies, the U.S....

Prime Video greenlights ‘The Money Game’ about LSU and NIL 

Amazon’s Prime Video greenlit The Money Game, a docuseries from Campfire Studios, Axios Entertainment and Shaquille O’Neal’s Jersey Legends. 

Further slowing of inflation seen as supporting Fed’s ‘soft landing’ goal 

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy kept growing briskly, a trend sure to be welcomed at...

Large-scale changes in federal flood insurance program urged 

Congress has spent more than six years avoiding its responsibility to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, using a series of stopgap bills to extend the life of the program that has issued nearly 5 million policies.

Cornerstone Flooring buys building on Oak Villa to serve as its headquarters

In a deal that closed Thursday, Cornerstone Flooring Companies, a commercial flooring contractor, purchased a building on Oak Villa Boulevard to serve as the...

Why a new independent contractor regulation is drawing a backlash 

The Labor Department's new independent contractor rule goes into effect March 11, but it's already causing a stir, Inc. reports.