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Audit: Nearly $100K stolen from Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles by employees

Three state employees took $98,507 from the Office of Motor Vehicles for personal use...

After a national search, why did a career educator make the short list to run BREC?

In the wake of BREC Superintendent Carolyn McKnight’s August announcement that she will retire when...

Vowing transparency, Broome launches Baton Rouge budget-tracking site

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome launched Open Checkbook BR this morning, a companion website to...

Louisiana State Bar Association believes it can keep mandatory dues despite Supreme Court ruling

State bar associations can’t force lawyers to subsidize their operations and political activity with...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Bob Barton

Photography by Don Kadair Bob Barton Position: Managing Partner Company: Taylor Porter Age: 49 Family: Wife, Kellie, and three children: Sam...

Waitr to double footprint with $321.3M acquisition

Waitr announced this morning it has secured an agreement to acquire Minnesota-based Bite Squad...

News roundup: LSU professor with 31 patents named to the National Academy of Inventors … ExxonMobil plants get zero waste seal of approval …...

Patented proof: LSU Professor of Biological Sciences Roger Laine has been named a Fellow to...

Louisiana won’t have new voting machines for 2019 elections

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says new voting machines will not be in place...

Exchequer Drive building sold for $1.45M

A 28,750-square-foot building on Exchequer Drive at the Merchant Drive intersection was sold for...

What would a St. George school district look like?

Imagine it’s the first day of school in the new, independent school district of...
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