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Important deadlines to file legislation for the regular session blew past last week, setting...

We have young people who see opportunity and possibilities of transforming the Baton Rouge region. We have visitors and newcomers discovering the Capital Region and declaring it a delightful place to be. But we also have a big portion of the establishment that simply wants to gripe and complain about all of the shortcomings.

Rep. Jack McFarland, chair of the Louisiana Conservative Caucus, says legislators are mixed over a proposal to eliminate the individual income tax in Louisiana. 

East Baton Rouge Parish lost an estimated 3,109 residents from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

More than 600 Baton Rouge students have been vetted, approved and are now waiting to be matched with local businesses for internships during the next school year.

Small businesses are facing a health insurance affordability crisis, according to a National Federation of Independent Business survey released last week.

The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System will acquire the Singing River Health System in Jackson County, Mississippi, expanding the system’s presence there. 

Pickleball's popularity has exploded at BREC parks over the past decade, says Ryan Vinyard, tennis manager for BREC.

Louisiana has seen a gradual decline in the number of bills filed by lawmakers over the past two decades, according to the Public Affairs Research Council for Louisiana. 

The Tiger Athletic Foundation made distributions to or on behalf of the university totaling almost $40.9 million in 2021 according to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office.