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Baton Rouge peer review

A study regarding the economic development potential of Baton Rouge against peer cities reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of its potential.

JR Ball: Shame on GOP state legislators for that clown show

During the clown show that was the recent special session, state GOP legislators went on a self-aggrandizing spending spree with our taxpayer dollars.

Riegel: More questions than answers on LSU energy deal

Questions abound over whether the LSU Board of Supervisors is looking out for the university or the interests of Jim Bernhard on a proposed energy deal.

Publisher: How will America heal?

How America will have to come together after a contentious presidential election, plus saluting this year's Forty Under 40 and 225GIVES.

Forty under 40 class of 2020

Forty Under 40: Honoring the 2020 class of the Capital Region's brightest young leaders, innovators and business professionals.

Forty Under 40 alumni: Where are they now?

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy Class of 1995 In the 25 years that have passed since being...
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Graves, Richmond pressure SEC chair to do more for Stanford Group victims

U.S. Reps. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, and Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, are the latest members of the Louisiana congressional delegation to push for efforts to help victims of the Stanford Group Ponzi scheme recoup some of the more than $7 billion they lost more than a decade ago.

Alford: The post-primary Legislature

Much awaits the Louisiana Legislature when the 2020 primary election cycle comes to an...

Eight Emerge Louisiana women are on today’s ballots

The new director of Emerge recently discussed these candidates' platforms with The Network, as well as the broader significance of their bids for public office: 

State contact tracing program struggles to reach COVID patients, contacts

While public health experts have repeatedly said that a robust contact tracing program is key to curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Louisiana Department of Health’s efforts to get in touch with COVID-19-positive patients and persuade them to identify and provide the names and phone numbers for their contacts has been spotty at best, though it is improving.