Nonprofits

Initiative aims to connect the dots in helping at-risk youth in Baton Rouge

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration recently announced the relaunch of an initiative known as...

Resilia launches nonprofit platform to boost philanthropic access  

As the nonprofit sector begins to rebuild from the losses and challenges of the past year, Louisiana-based Resilia today announced it has launched a platform to help nonprofits build their fundraising and service capacity. 

BRAC sides with BRPD chief ahead of today’s hearing on firing of police union official 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is weighing in on a civil service dispute, scheduled for a hearing later this morning, between a fired Baton Rouge police officer and Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul.

Baton Rouge lawmakers identify funding source for new Mississippi River bridge

A bill filed today by three members of the Capital Region delegation would extend...

Mandatory kindergarten could be coming to Louisiana

A bill that would make kindergarten mandatory in Louisiana cleared its first hurdle today...

Bill would undo ethics charge on industry appointees to Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission

A Senate committee will take up a bill Tuesday that would allow industrial companies to nominate their employees to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission, an 18-member volunteer panel that regulates the Southern Hills Aquifer. The aquifer supplies Baton Rouge's fresh drinking water and provides area industrial plants with water for their operations.
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Louisiana set to receive $773M in early child care funding

Louisiana is set to receive $773 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to...

How GMFS Mortgage is quietly making an impact on Baton Rouge

The parking lot was littered with people, worn and haggard, sleep deprived and most...

Suiting 101 aims to help students dress for success

It’s probably safe to say that many of us watched our usual grooming habits...

Louisiana getting creative with vaccine outreach as hesitancy persists

Brass bands playing at a 24-hour drive-thru coronavirus vaccine event. Doses delivered to commercial...