Nonprofits

Louisiana REALTORS commissioned and is planning to develop an office building at 861 Main Street, on the corner next to the association’s current office.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry today announced the companies and individuals it has selected as winners of its 2021 Free Enterprise Awards. 

Children are back to school and day cares this fall, but child care worker shortages are affecting households across the country and in Louisiana, sidelining some women’s careers. 

The Louisiana Budget Project this week sent direct mail urging voters to oppose Amendment 2, which would trigger major changes to the state’s tax structure—changes that business interests support. 

The board of directors of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced its support for the tax millage renewal of the Capital Area Transit System, which will appear on the Nov. 13 ballot. 

Early Wednesday morning, former Louisiana Oil & Gas Association President Don Briggs was involved in a car crash on Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish, resulting in his hospitalization and the death of his wife, Nannette, 77. 

The future of the Old Governor’s Mansion is up in the air at the moment.

Elementary school-age children walk in quiet formation down cheerful hallways trimmed in bright Kelly green. Some are headed to French, Spanish or Mandarin classes, while others are making a beeline for biology, English language arts or even Latin. 

OLOL has since announced it will move forward with its own $100 million cancer institute which, in many services, would be a direct competitor of MBPCC.

The DDD Commission voted unanimously to use Emergent Method as the consulting firm in its executive director search and to support the CATS tax renewal, during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon.