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The incorporation of Central was a major point of discussion in the St. George incorporation trial, and St. George supporters hoped to emulate the parish’s last new city.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its annual recommendations to help businesses prepare for weather emergencies.

On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other extreme weather events that are intensifying due to climate change.

A recent audit of the nine-campus LSU System found a lack of oversight of federal research funding, issues with student loan recordkeeping, and inadequate controls over federal emergency funding and reporting

A judge has ruled that the incorporation of St. George is “unreasonable” under state law.

The building moratorium in one of the Capital Region’s main housing markets is ending, while another is just beginning.

The U.S. labor market is beginning to fracture, as some businesses curb hiring while others are desperate for employees. 

Garth Brooks never considered himself a “cool kid.” As the best-selling artist in the U.S.—and with countless awards and broken records to his name—that may be hard to believe.

Wages for median workers at the majority of big American companies are higher than they were before the pandemic, with the tight job market helping to lift paydays for many bank tellers, factory workers and software programmers, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Chief Financial Officer Jeff Limbocker will be the next CFO of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System in Sarasota, Florida, effective Oct. 3, local media report. 

The board of directors for Visit Baton Rouge has selected three finalists to replace Paul Arrigo as the tourism agency’s next president and CEO. 

Every few years, communities across California engage in one of the most heated and controversial processes: complying with state law that requires communities to...

Employees need to take time off on a regular basis to prevent burnout, which can lead to decreased productivity, low morale and mass resignations.

Officials today presented three location options for a new Mississippi River bridge crossing in the Capital Region.

Pickleball, a close relative of tennis and badminton, may be the fastest-growing sport in America, and it’s competing with tennis for participants and real estate.

Hybrid office schedules, with some days in the office and other days at home, risk upending one of the most important keys to professional...

Louisiana currently has the lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in more than a decade,

As National Treasure, one of the biggest film productions to come to Baton Rouge since the pandemic, nears the end of its first season’s production in June, the future of filmmaking in Baton Rouge is bright.

Team Factor, a virtual platform that tracks and analyzes health and fitness activities for athletes and coaches won $10,000 in Nexus Louisiana’s Demo Day

Parties involved in the Relief Telemed bankruptcy case have agreed to start over on a possible settlement, as court documents shed new light on theft accusations against the former CEO and the company’s challenges.