Nonprofits

As it prepares to ask voters this fall to renew a 10-year, 10.6-mill dedicated tax, the Capital Area Transit System has released an economic impact study suggesting the bus system will generate some $1.6 billion in economic activity over the next decade.

The NCAA’s new name, image and likeness rule is good for LSU football and its players, as long as it is handled the right way, coach Ed Orgeron said at Wednesday’s Rotary Club luncheon. 

What was surprising is that the third-largest grant award in Baton Rouge went—not to the Manship Theatre or the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, as you might expect—but to Baton Rouge Sports Restaurant Inc., a Bennington Avenue establishment better known by the name under which it does business, The Penthouse Club.

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson is proposing to grab $4 million of those tax dollars and effectively redirect them for drainage projects.

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate a portion of tax dollars from...

Baton Rouge-based Community Coffee will return as the in-flight coffee for Southwest Airlines after...

Less than a day after the Metro Council Zoning Committee approved a controversial mixed-use...

BREC, the Louisiana Stormwater Coalition, Paddle BR and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation today...

Louisiana House lawmakers failed to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of legislation banning...

The American Millennium Project, a program that aims to educate area residents on their...