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Nearly a dozen Baton Rouge companies receive at least $5M from PPP

Eleven Baton Rouge-based companies received between $5 million and $10 million in Payroll Protection...

Virus roundup …  

• There were 1,161 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Louisiana today, according to...

Is Waitr making a comeback? Preliminary Q2 results positive

After a tumultuous 12 months and several changes to its leadership team, Waitr appears...

YEABR going virtual for 2020-2021 program

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge is planning to go virtual when classes...

Virus roundup … 

• Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced the federal government is setting up four additional...

LSU researchers study social media surrounding COVID-19 

LSU researchers are studying how social media users share and learn information about COVID-19...
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Under mask mandate, businesses to get three warnings before summons

It will be up to businesses, initially, to enforce Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s new...

White House task force had urged facial covering mandate for EBR 

While some in Baton Rouge’s more conservative and libertarian circles have pushed back against...

Virus roundup … 

• Louisiana on Wednesday recorded its largest daily coronavirus case spike since April. Nearly...

P&N to run state’s small business grant program, which will launch by July 28

The state’s new Main Street Recovery Program, which will dole out up to $15,000...