Nonprofits

CPEX: Update to EBR land use plan must focus on connectivity

Next year’s update of the FuturEBR land use plan should confront how sprawl and lack of connectivity in East Baton Rouge contribute to heavy traffic and flood risk, Center for Planning Excellence CEO Camille Manning-Broome says. 

‘LaPolitics’: Political fishing season begins this weekend

Late July and early August is the time of year folks from Capitoland migrate south to Grand Isle for the hottest fishing rodeos of the political season.

LMOGA ‘encouraged’ by Senate Democrats’ energy security, climate package   

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck an agreement Wednesday

Here’s where young adults who leave the Capital Region are going

Houston, Dallas and Atlanta, in that order, are the most popular destinations for young...

LSU football coach Brian Kelly talks NIL, leadership, quarterback battle

While addressing a much-larger-than-usual Rotary Club of Baton Rouge audience in a Tiger Stadium conference room today, LSU head football coach Brian Kelly sounded a lot like a company CEO.

CATS oversight, foul odors, homelessness dot today’s Metro Council agenda

Two Metro Council members are calling for an investigation of the official conduct of...
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OLOL reevaluating planned construction projects amid rising costs

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center officials are “reassessing the timing” of planned construction projects as the expected costs to build them rise. 

‘LaPolitics’: Just hours remain for candidates to qualify

If you would like to be a candidate for office in Louisiana this fall, you have until 4:30 p.m. to sign the required paperwork and pay the associated fees with our local and state election officials.

H&E Equipment Services launches initiative to curb opioid addiction 

H&E Equipment Services Inc. and Tonja Myles with When You Are Ready BR announced a new business-led initiative today to bring resources, education, and support to neighborhoods and individuals in East Baton Rouge Parish impacted by opioid addiction. 

Group urges chemical industry to move away from petrochemicals 

Activists say the chemical industry needs to switch from petrochemical building blocks such as...