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

University faculty eye fall semester with trepidation, uncertainty

With colleges and universities set to begin their fall semester in just six weeks...

Riegel: Trying to make sense of the new decade

The decade opened with LSU football winning the national title but not much has gone right since then, writes Stephanie Riegel.

Tyson: A moment of racial reckoning for Baton Rouge

The racial justice activism unfolding around the world is cause for cautious optimism and sober reflection, but it's meaningless without facing the truth.

Virus roundup …

• Louisiana reported a single-day COVID case surge of nearly 2,000 today, the fifth-highest...

Alford: Legislative session ends as fiscal challenges persist

The Legislature concluded its first special session of the calendar year last week with...

Publisher: I’ll never know what it’s like to be Black

Recent conversations with Black friends have made Rolfe McCollister aware of “the shoes I have never walked in.” His reponse: To listen.
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The Capital Region’s Top 100 private companies for 2020

The Baton Rouge Top 100 Private Companies list saw little shakeup in 2020 among the top tier corporations, but total revenue rose to $25.7 billion.

Baton Rouge-area businesses receive $1B in PPP loans, but there are disparities

The Capital Region received some $1 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans that support...

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields is asking the governing board of Louisiana's public...

Deja vu: Some local employees back to working from home

The recent uptick in COVID-19 infections has prompted some employers that had reopened their...
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