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Arkansas to decide: Referendums to legalize recreational use of marijuana are on Nov. 8 ballots in five states including neighboring Arkansas. Along with Arkansas...

America’s employers kept hiring briskly in October, adding a substantial 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture...

Sponsored by A Louisiana business owner’s technology needs are often urgent, immediate and complex. Therefore, it can be hard to find the kind of personalized...

Louisiana's estimated construction unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in September from 5.1% the previous month, according to a recent report from the Associated Builders...

If you’ve dined at Rouj Creole on Bluebonnet Boulevard during the past couple weeks, you might have been surprised when a robot brought over...

Slower pace: U.S. holiday sales are expected to rise at a slower pace this year, a trade group said Thursday, as reported by Reuters....

It only took a few seconds for Rachel Kennedy to grab her phone after she left the checkout line at the sporting-goods store, where...

The grand opening of Shake Shack's first location in Baton Rouge is almost here. The franchise has announced it will open the doors of its...

When your bathroom mirror is fogged up after taking a shower, waving a hair dryer across the entire surface does almost nothing to lift...

Entergy customers: An equipment failure was the cause of a power outage in Baton Rouge early today, WAFB reports. Entergy customers along South Sherwood...

Less than a week before the midterm elections, Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are already gearing up to investigate what they see as “woke...

Greenville Mayor Knox White, who has been in office since 1995, says the city’s transformation from an empty downtown to a “place where people...

A new Arzi's Greek and Lebanese Restaurant is coming to the Bluebonnet Crossing shopping mall, next to the CVS Pharmacy on the corner of...

Sharon Weston Broome is done as mayor of Baton Rouge. This is the stark reality after the October massacre that was her double-secret, truth-avoiding, flawed-fee...

Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, decreased slightly to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 last week from a revised 218,000 the week before, the...

Capital Region homeowners are significantly more likely to be underwater on their mortgages than homeowners nationwide and less likely to have significant equity, according...

For the first time, the editors of Baton Rouge Business Report are creating a community guide of powerful and influential community leaders in the...

The Great Resignation neared its peak one year ago when more than 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs. Some left for higher pay, while...

Real estate developer Bearing Point Properties has submitted preliminary plans for the construction of Showtown Cottages, a subdivision to be located behind the Walmart...

New LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon says collegiate athletics officials need to eliminate the use of name, image and likeness endorsement deals as...