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Cleanup of LSU lake hyacinth bloom scheduled to begin next week

An organized effort to remove a hyacinth bloom from Crest Lake, one of the...

UPDATE: Metro Council unanimously approves broadband contract

  Update: The Metro Council unanimously approved the $150,000 contract with Columbia Telecommunications Company for...

Louisiana’s film industry isn’t dead, but filmmakers have taken a significant hit in the year since lawmakers capped tax credits

Daniel Lewis, COO of Baton Rouge-based Active Entertainment, says film work in Louisiana has...

Riegel: Anatomy of a failed public transit experiment

In the coming days, the Capital Region Planning Commission will release a study that...

Area dealers taking a hit as the largest recall in auto industry history stalls sales and creates maintenance backlogs

Team Honda General Manager Preston Q=Petersen says the massive Takata air bag recall is delaying...

Small companies are moving to group health insurance for employees as individual plan costs rise

Brian Keller, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Blue Cross and Blue...

Business interest in cyber liability insurance on the rise, but many Baton Rouge insurers still not up to speed

1st Team Insurance Agency in Baton Rouge owner Harold Williams says he’s getting more...

Entrepreneur: Kara Castille

(Photography by Collin Richie) POSITION Owner/operator COMPANY Thee Heavenly Donut WHAT THEY DO Make and sell homemade donuts, kolaches, king cakes...

The Chase Tower court battle comes amid a slowdown in the downtown office market and the anticipation of additional inventory

When the Chase South Tower at 451 Florida St. opened downtown in 1968—at the...

Magnolia Mound’s Visitors Center offers a modern structure on a historical plot

(Photography by Tim Mueller) MAGNOLIA MOUND VISITORS CENTER 2161 Nicholson Drive Owner/developer: BREC Architect: Trahan Architects Contractor: Omega General Construction...