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Nexus Louisiana’s PitchBR is coming back in November after a pandemic hiatus and is seeking entrepreneurs and business owners to pitch ideas at the first PitchBR event. 

The board of directors for the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has selected Steven Procopio, currently PAR’s policy director, to be the group's next president. 

Efforts to draft a new ordinance governing short-term rentals in Baton Rouge are moving forward but at something of a snail’s pace.

Restaurant industry lobbyists are asking Congress for $60 billion in federal aid in its...

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin spent the past couple of weeks touring parishes affected...

Despite the challenges LSU has weathered over the past 18 months—a pandemic, a Title IX scandal, a federal investigation into alleged NCAA violations, and a leadership change—its Fierce for the Future campaign is doing well, all things considered.

What will Friday’s announcement that Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and one of the largest oncology practices in Baton Rouge are partnering with Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center to expand services to the BRG Bluebonnet campus mean for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center?

A recent survey of mental health providers found dissatisfaction with several of the organizations the state uses to manage Medicaid services.

Southeast Louisiana farmers, who were already in the middle of their traditional slow season, are now dealing with fallen trees, flooded fields and flattened crops as a result of Hurricane Ida. Some Baton Rouge-area growers may not be back in business until mid or late October.

In the latest shake-up to rock the rapidly changing local health care market, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and one of the largest oncology practices in Baton Rouge—Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates—have signed a letter of intent with Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center to expand services to BRG’s Bluebonnet campus.