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‘LaPolitics’: Scratch-off numbers offer promise

Good news on the fiscal front is hard to find these days on the...

Virus roundup … 

• As Louisiana enters phase one of reopening on Friday, the Better Business Bureau...

What will phase one look like for civic clubs and professional groups?

As restaurants and businesses prepare to gradually reopen this weekend, civic clubs and professional...

Virus roundup … 

• Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as...

Local landlords angered by wording in Starbucks’ letter seeking concessions

Some local landlords are seething about a letter they received earlier this week from...

BTR asks Metro Council to defer tenant payments amid low passenger counts

The director of the Baton Rouge Metro Airport will ask the Metro Council tonight...
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Virus roundup … 

• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned today of the threat of a prolonged...

Baton Rouge multifamily sales plummet year-to-date

Although commercial real estate sales are down across the board, the multifamily sector this...

Virus roundup … 

• The unemployment rate in the U.S. will peak at 25%, rivaling the worst...

Tourism leaders anxious to restart activity, uncertain about Mardi Gras 2021 

As businesses begin to prepare for phase one of a staged reopening this weekend,...