Nonprofits

Emerge announces Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activist honorees

This year’s Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activist award honorees were announced today by Emerge...

Two Baton Rouge women among BCBS Foundation Angel Award winners

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation has selected nine Louisianans to...

LSU surpasses $1.5B Fierce for the Future fundraising goal 

LSU today announced it has met its $1.5 billion fundraising goal for its six-year Fierce for the Future campaign, launched in March 2019. 

Coalition to Back Black Businesses grant program taking applications  

A grant program that helps Black small business owners recover from the pandemic is...

New climate law seeks to return carbon emissions regulatory authority to EPA

Louisiana industry groups in June celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Environmental...

Bear Process Safety, AT&T receive diversity awards from BRAC 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber on Thursday announced the winners of its Diversity Star Award at its inaugural Economic Inclusion Symposium presented by Dow. 
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Main Street Market to undergo $1M overhaul 

When it opened 20 years ago, the Main Street Market was a cornerstone accomplishment...

Proposed rules would force Louisiana assessors’ hands on pending tax breaks

The Louisiana Tax Commission met Wednesday to consider new rules for how tax assessors...

EBR inching closer to establishing short-term rental rules

The Planning and Zoning Commission for East Baton Rouge Parish is expected next month to take up proposed rules to govern short-term rentals. 

Nexus Ignition program helps entrepreneurs avoid wasting time and money 

Nexus Louisiana and LSU are again rolling out their Ignition 1.0 initiative this fall...