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Garbage collection getting better? Metro Council wants answers at today’s meeting
Has garbage collection around the parish gotten better in recent weeks, since media reports first surfaced about the impact the latest surge in COVID-19 cases is having on sanitation workers?
CityStats poll finds support for merging BRPD and sheriff’s office, stormwater fee
Most respondents to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s annual CityStats poll think the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office should be merged and say they would be willing to pay a $10 monthly fee to keep trash out of parish waterways.
Keeping the nursing pipeline flowing
The demand for nurses is so strong that academic institutions are adjusting to more targeted curriculum and hospitals are upping incentives to attract and retain these health care professionals.
Proposed Florida Boulevard taxing district going before Metro Council
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration will ask the Metro Council on Wednesday to approve a cooperative endeavor agreement with a new taxing district created to support redevelopment and economic activity along Florida Boulevard.
Baton Rouge public, private K-12 schools not yet requiring COVID vaccines
LSU students will be asked to submit proof of their first COVID-19 vaccination by Sept. 10 and proof of full vaccination by Oct. 15, university officials announced today.
Survey: 40% of employees might leave if forced to work in the office full...
Employees want to work from home 2.5 days a week on average, according to a monthly survey of 5,000 Americans, which poses a challenge...
Global supply chain issues drop imports at Port of Greater Baton Rouge
The Port of Greater Baton Rouge continues to see fewer imported products coming through as a result of disruptions in the supply chain brought on by the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Ochsner Health requiring employees to get vaccine
Ochsner Health, Louisiana’s largest hospital system, announced today that it is requiring all of its employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29.
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Mary Bird Perkins, LSU receive $7.8M donation for cancer research
The estate of the late Dr. Charles Smith of Sulphur has gifted $7.8 million to both LSU and the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center...
Going to Tiger Stadium? LSU to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test
LSU will require all Tiger Stadium guests 12 years of age and older to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to entry, the university announced this morning.
National arm of local LDS temple sues @Highland, city-parish over proposed development
The Utah-based parent organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has a local temple on Highland Road, is suing @Highland—the mixed-use development adjacent to the temple; Key Real Estate Co., which is planning to develop a multifamily complex on the site; and, the city-parish, which approved the controversial complex earlier this summer.
Expect a flurry of vaccine mandates in wake of Pfizer approval
For businesses that have been thinking about putting vaccine requirements in place, but have yet to act, this FDA’s move to grant full approval...
Pandemic reignites job licensing debates
The coronavirus pandemic has heated up the long-simmering debate on whether a swath of workers should need a license for jobs such as hair...
Baton Rouge commercial leasing continues to increase
Commercial sales in Baton Rouge are higher than usual for the year, while commercial leasing is also trending higher.
What policy changes are next in Louisiana now that FDA has approved COVID vaccine?
Louisiana state employees who are not already vaccinated against COVID-19 could be subject to mandatory testing “and other requirements” now that the U.S. Food...
Homebuilding boom shows no sign of slowing for D.R. Horton
Investors who think D.R. Horton's good fortunes can’t continue might need to stop worrying and learn to love the boom.
As the nation’s largest homebuilder—with...
Pennington wants to draw national attention with Obecity, USA campaign
Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been sharing its research on obesity with the medical community for about 30 years. Now, the center is looking...
Iron Tribe Fitness building second Baton Rouge location
Blane Clark of Kean Miller filed a $900,000 permit today to build an Iron Tribe Fitness at 8220 Perkins Road, in front of Pet...
Questions remain over maintenance, funding of MovEBR’s green infrastructure
A major component of many MovEBR projects is green infrastructure that helps with drainage and new and improved landscaping. But who will maintain it and how?
Thanks to federal dollars, LSU erases some $7M in student loan debt
LSU has erased more than $7 million in student debt accrued from spring 2020 through the present using money from the federal Higher Education...
