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Baton Rouge investors buy 20 acres in Central

A group of Baton Rouge-area investors has purchased a 20.8-acre lot near Lovett Road and Central Thruway in Central. 

Virus roundup …  

• The Louisiana Department of Health today reported 823 new COVID-19 cases and 45...

Consumer brands boost production, betting workers staying home long term 

Consumer product companies are expanding factories and revamping production lines, wagering that work-from-home habits...

Shell laying off nearly 700 workers at Convent refinery

Royal Dutch Shell has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, with...

Bernhard seeks to disqualify Enwave on LSU energy deal

Controversy over a long-term, lucrative deal to modernize the aging energy system on the LSU main campus is intensifying, now that the university’s technical staff and consulting firm, KPMG, have recommended the board award the contract to Enwave Energy over Louisiana Energy Partners, a venture owned in part by businessman Jim Bernhard’s portfolio company Bernhard Energy.

Baton Rouge philanthropist Sue Turner dies

Baton Rouge philanthropist Sue Turner, who supported many of the city’s most visible arts...
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Local developer buys nearly 200 acres off Burbank Drive

Developer Kevin Nguyen bought nearly 200 acres off Burbank Drive in a deal filed last week with the clerk of court. 

Virus roundup … 

• In case you missed it, President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a $900...

Steps to prepare for the next round of PPP

The new, roughly $900 billion, federal aid package signed by President Donald Trump extends...

Louisiana considering changes to ‘jungle primary’ election system

Louisiana is in the middle of revisiting a decades-old debate of whether to jettison...