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Airplane hangar fetches $3.1M in second sale in two years

An Orlando-based company purchased a nearly 15,000-square-foot airplane hangar at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan...

Congress expected to vote for drastic changes to PPP 

Small businesses could soon see a rollback of several universally loathed measures attached to...

Legislators make play to control $811M in federal aid earmarked for local governments

Louisiana lawmakers are trying to take control from Gov. John Bel Edwards of the...

Virus roundup …  

• Even as coronavirus testing ramps up around the country, businesses and public-health authorities...

Alford: State leaders have to think outside the box  

From the COVID-19 outbreak and the dip in oil prices to climbing unemployment figures...

Reopening challenges: Test backlog makes data hard to interpret

While Jefferson and Orleans parishes were initial leaders in the state with the number...
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Louisiana’s jobless rate more than doubled in first full month of restrictions 

Louisiana’s unemployment rate more than doubled during the first full month of coronavirus pandemic...

Virus roundup …  

• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has released an interactive map of known COVID-19...

Pickup isn’t only for restaurants: How local retail startups are adapting to COVID-19

Local retail startups are adapting to COVID-19 by utilizing curbside pickup, taking a page...

Virus roundup … 

• By enabling states to offer more generous unemployment benefits, and by enacting a...
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