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Breaking news, company moves, economic trends, and the deals shaping Greater Baton Rouge and the Capital Region.

Business groups speak out about COVID-19 safety protocols 

A growing number of organizations and business leaders are speaking out about the importance...

PAR report: Capital Region COVID-19 cases nearly twice as high in Black community

Black people in Louisiana account for a disproportionately high portion of confirmed novel coronavirus...

Virus roundup … 

• Since July 6, at least 20,577 people have been tested at one of...

What a dip in unemployment insurance trust fund means for employers 

In the current COVID-19 economy, in which about 55,000 Capital Region residents are applying...

Virus roundup … 

• The Louisiana Department of Health today reported 2,284 new COVID-19 cases and 24...

Baton Rouge area June home sales shoot up 21% from a year ago

While other sectors in the Capital Region are still reeling from the pandemic, residential...
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Baton Rouge-area private schools receive millions in federal PPP funds

Amid wider questions circulating nationwide regarding who received federal funds and why, more than a dozen religiously affiliated schools in the Baton Rouge area have received millions of dollars.

Virus roundup … 

• The Trump administration has mandated that hospitals sidestep the Centers for Disease Control...

Virus roundup … 

• The state reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases this afternoon for a...

Alvarez Construction buys 21 lots in the Villas at White Oak

Alvarez Construction bought 21 lots Tuesday morning in the Villas at White Oak development...
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