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BREW’s Big Pitch: And the winner is …

Students from seven local high schools competed in the Big Pitch event today, with...

No polling crisis in Louisiana, political scientists say

Despite many polls missing the mark in key swing states for the presidential election,...

Baton Rouge businesses encouraged to be ‘firms of endearment’

Jeff Cherry, a leader of the “conscious capital” movement, told business leaders and entrepreneurs...

Baton Rouge planners, property owners revisit building height restrictions

Should there be a height limit on buildings in Baton Rouge? In a city...

At it again: Brown & Root snags another company with MEI Group acquisition

Continuing on its trajectory of aggressive growth through acquisition, Brown & Root announced today...

Who knew? Mandeville ad agency heavily involved in Trump campaign

A St. Tammany Parish advertising agency was among the team of agencies and communication...

Santa Maria residents oppose rezoning request for land near Blue Bayou

Residents of the upscale Santa Maria neighborhood are pushing back against Blue Bayou and...

Capital Region assessors offices are still scrambling to get their post-flood reassessments completed

Theatre Antiques Mall owner Elvin Watts, right, shows Denham Springs Mayor Gerard Landry...

Uncertainty is paralyzing the real estate market in flood-damaged areas of the Capital Region, but elsewhere it’s business as usual

Ed Broussard is buying a flood-damaged home for about half its pre-flood market value...