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Broome scraps plan for streetcar between LSU and downtown Baton Rouge, will pursue bus rapid transit

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome confirmed this morning she will not pursue federal funding for...

Baton Rouge Sky Zone considering relocation in wake of corporate sale

Circus Trix Holdings, the Utah-based company that owns Area 51 and hundreds of other...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Ryan McKnight

Photography by Don Kadair Ryan McKnight Position: Owner and landscape architect Company: McKnight Landscape Architects Age: 39 Family: Wife, Casey;...

BRAC unveils proposed ITEP matrix; Together Baton Rouge lays out desired criteria

As East Baton Rouge Parish moves slowly toward deciding how to handle the Industrial...

Morales settles with SEC, agreeing not to associate with investment advisors and paying $130K fine

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has settled its civil lawsuit against Walter Morales...

Investar Bank launches north Baton Rouge homeownership program

Baton Rouge-based Investar Bank is launching a unique program aimed at increasing homeownership in...

Baton Rouge-based Reliant protesting CATS contract award to MV Transportation

Reliant Transportation, the Baton Rouge firm that has provided curb-to-curb bus service to the...

Louisiana still isn’t paying for more than $30M in legal judgments owed to plaintiffs

For the past three years, Louisiana hasn’t paid any of the legal judgments it...

BREC hires Duplantis Design Group for $17.3K to study Fairgrounds site for new zoo

Editor's Note: This story has been revised from an earlier version to correct the...

Longtime Baton Rouge merchant Royal Furniture Co. closing in May

After 71 years in business, locally owned Royal Furniture Co. will be closing its...