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Riegel: Celebrating Baton Rouge positives for a change

Riegel: Finding problems isn't hard in Baton Rouge, but it's also worth celebrating some notable developments in recent weeks.

Why the Plank Road Master Plan matters for Baton Rouge

Despite skepticism, executing the Plank Road Master Plan, say supporters, is critical to lifting an underserved part of Baton Rouge.

Publisher: Talent that executes is key to future of Baton Rouge

Publisher: Having talent is important, but talent that executes is what leads to successful business, civic and government operations.

2019 Forty Under 40

Business Report's 2019 Forty Under 40 honors the Capital Region’s brightest young leaders, innovators and business professionals.

Trahan Architects named nation’s top design firm; nixed downtown ‘pencil building’ could pop up elsewhere

Trahan Architects—the New Orleans-based global architecture firm founded by Baton Rouge native Trey Trahan...

Alford: Governor won by expanding his electorate

How did Gov. John Bel Edwards win this year's top race in Louisiana? Unlike...

Ruffino’s names Texas native as new ‘food czar’

A little over one year after parting ways with his longtime co-owner and corporate...

No resolution in sight for controversial $10k Baton Rouge land sale

A two-year legal battle in which the city-parish filed suit to rescind a controversial...

Louisiana seeks federal dollars for $258M fisheries disaster

Efforts to prevent flooding this year caused Louisiana’s fishing industry to lose about $258...

Riding the Baton Rouge industrial construction employment lull

A slowdown in commercial and industrial construction work around the Baton Rouge region has contractors looking for work in other markets.