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Baton Rouge Gallery partners with BTR to showcase local artists’ works at airport

Baton Rouge Gallery and the Baton Rouge Metro Airport are teaming up on a partnership that will showcase work from local artists in the airport.

Amedisys expands home health care footprint in North Carolina

Amedisys, a Baton Rouge-based home health care and hospice care company, is planning to open more home health care centers in North Carolina.

Local Leaf Gallery opening store off Government Street

Local Leaf Gallery, a Baton Rouge-area art studio, gift and home goods shop, is opening its first storefront, on Caddo Street near Soji Modern Asian.
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Brewing desire

Louisiana breweries believe craft-friendly regulations from state legislators would help them make the good times roll.

Hiring in a tight labor market? Try thinking ‘like a marketer’

If your company is having trouble filling job vacancies, you might want to rethink your employer branding strategy, Inc. reports.  Compensation always is important, but...

Gary Chambers defends mixed-use project in Broome spending plan

Activist Gary Chambers is defending the young developers in line to receive $6 million in American Rescue Plan funds from the Broome administration for a 51,000-square-foot mixed-use development with 36 affordable housing units in Scotlandville.

Mediation option set up to handle Ida home insurance disputes

Homeowners and insurance companies haggling over Hurricane Ida damage claims can take advantage of a new mediation program announced Tuesday by Louisiana’s Department of...

‘The Advocate’ publisher Judi Terzotis named national Publisher of the Year 

Judi Terzotis, president and publisher of The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com in New Orleans and The Advocate in Baton Rouge, has been named Editor & Publisher magazine’s 2021 Publisher of the Year.  

Broome’s proposed $6M Housing for Heroes investment raises questions

As Metro Council members begin to delve into Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s spending plan for the $73 million in American Rescue Plan dollars headed to Baton Rouge, they’re starting to ask questions

If using old maps, how accurate is FEMA’s new flood insurance rating system?

Some places in Louisiana have 20-year-old flood insurance rate maps that no longer reflect reality, a certified floodplain manager with the Baton Rouge-based Center for Planning Excellence says.

How not to cause a panic with after-hours work messages

When it comes to understanding the urgency of after-hours emails and Slack messages, there’s a massive gap between senders and recipients, according to a...

Businesses investing more in IT and cybersecurity

Similar to health care’s push into telemedicine in 2020, changes brought by the pandemic are prompting a growing number of businesses to boost their...

Hollywood workers avoid strike as unions across U.S. flexing muscle 

Thousands of workers remain on strike across the U.S. demanding higher pay and better conditions despite Hollywood make-up artists and camera operators reaching a deal over the weekend to avoid a walkout, and the tight jobs market has only emboldened them.

Hunting, fishing licenses now available on LA Wallet   

Louisiana hunters will have one less thing to carry into the blind this season, now that LA Wallet app users can upload hunting licenses onto their phones via the LA Wallet app. 

Louisiana’s reliance on federal money slows road construction, state senator says

Louisiana’s heavy reliance on federal dollars to pay for roads and bridges slows down the pace of construction, says state Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen. 

Churchill’s pulls rezoning request for new Southdowns site

Churchill’s has scrapped its plans to relocate to the Acadian-Perkins Plaza. Late Friday, the establishment’s owner withdrew a rezoning request that was set to go before the Planning Commission at tonight’s meeting, which would have cleared the way for the cigar and spirits retailer to relocate to the 9,000-square-foot Claitor’s Bookstore space in the retail center.

What happened behind the scenes leading to Orgeron’s pending departure?   

LSU’s decision to part ways with head football coach Ed Orgeron is a historic and unprecedented move: a school ushering out a coach with a 74% winning percentage who is a mere 21 months removed from winning a national championship. 

One-quarter of U.S. infrastructure at risk from future flooding 

One-quarter of all critical infrastructure in the U.S.—36,000 facilities including airports, utilities, and hospitals—is at risk of becoming inoperable due to the risk from...

K-12 schools spent $850M on retirement costs last year

Schools that participate in one of two state retirement systems spent $852.8 million in fiscal year 2020 to pay down retirement debt, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reports.

LSU professor studying ways to protect infrastructure from natural disasters

When Hurricane Ida swept through Louisiana in early fall, hundreds of thousands were left without power while others were left without homes as the...