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The Baton Rouge Police Department recently began providing around-the-clock patrols of the downtown area, following a few high-profile incidents. 

A new analysis of data dating back to before the COVID-19 pandemic shows Louisiana ranked among the worst states for personal income growth.

LSU and Tulane University are receiving a $22 million award from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to lead a consortium seeking ways to save the ecologically fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta, the schools announced today.

Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services announced today that it is broadening its presence on the West Coast with the acquisition of a California-based provider of non-residential construction and industrial equipment.

A federal jury in Missouri has found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for conspiring to inflate home sale commissions. 

Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn’t actually exist, but would have been the state’s fifth law school alongside Loyola, Tulane, LSU and Southern University. 

A nonpartisan business group that advocates for clean energy estimates that 403,000 jobs will...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced creation of the LSU Litter Institute on Tuesday, which will support debris abatement projects and centralize knowledge on the issue. 

Machinery manufacturer CORTEC is investing an estimated $750,000 into its Port Allen facility.

Build Baton Rouge is wrapping up its survey for community input to help create a new master plan to boost economic development along the Florida Boulevard corridor