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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.

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.

Patrolling the redistricting border

Technology is making it possible for the public to participate in the redistricting process.

A truce between OLOL and Mary Bird Perkins?

A week after simmering tensions between Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center erupted into a public battled that involved name-calling, severed alliances, hints of potential litigation and threats of disrupted patient care, the two former partners are working quietly behind the scenes to repair what is left of their relationship

Phil Frost, longtime Baton Rouge zoo director, is retiring

BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo Director Phil Frost today announced he plans to retire on Feb. 4, 2022, after 24 years with the zoo.

BREC partners with esports company for new revenue stream

BREC is partnering with an esports and gaming company to host video game tournaments...

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There’s a disconnect between Capital Region job opportunities and what students are studying

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber released a “report card” today on an effort to connect LSU and Southern University students with local job opportunities and internships through the Handshake online platform.

Michael Dubin’s secret to success: ‘Relentless curiosity’

Dubin shared his thoughts on starting and building a successful business in the October episode of the 21st Century Business Forum, which features monthly one-on-one interviews with some of the nation's most prominent business minds and thought leaders.

Know someone worthy of a 2022 Women with a Cause nomination?

Disaster relief. Arts education. Animal advocacy. The causes are many, but a deep love for and dedication to the dear neighbor is a common thread that connects each of the decade’s worth of inRegister Women with a Cause honorees.

Emergent Method recommended to assist with DDD director search

The DDD Commission Executive Committee today recommended Emergent Method as the third-party consulting firm to assist the board in its search to replace Davis Rhorer, the longtime executive director who died in March.