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Classes and cabarets among changes Theatre Baton Rouge hopes will stabilize books

Theatre Baton Rouge leaders are plotting several changes at the organization to help ensure the future stability of the organization following the financial crisis uncovered by staff over the summer. 

Louisiana lawmakers block alternative graduation route for high schoolers

A panel of Louisiana lawmakers rejected a proposal Thursday to offer high school seniors...

FMOLHS’ bid to buy Mississippi health system falls apart

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, parent company of Our Lady of the Lake, has ended its bid to purchase Mississippi’s Singing River Health System. 

Emily Katherine Boutique expands into Baton Rouge this weekend

Emily Katherine Boutique is opening in a corner spot in The Village at Willow Grove this weekend.

Four federal tracts in Gulf designated for wind power development 

Four tracts of federal Gulf of Mexico waters of Texas and Louisiana, ranging from...

Area business owners fighting to keep troubled nightclub closed

Some local business owners and employees are putting up a fight against efforts to reopen a nightclub in North Baton Rouge, reports WAFB-TV.

Celtic Studios joining the pickleball craze with 12 indoor courts

Stacks Pickleball, touted as the largest indoor pickleball facility in Louisiana and the first...

‘LaPolitics’: Landry is building his transition team 

If the business of politics is your business, then the past week has certainly held your attention as Gov.-elect Jeff Landry moved forward with his official transition process. The details were made official during a press conference in Lafayette. 

Biden administration pushing cities to convert empty offices into housing 

The Biden administration is launching a multi-agency effort to encourage states and cities to convert more empty office buildings into housing units, with billions of federal dollars available to help spur such transitions. 

Can the U.S. double food production by 2050? LSU is working on it 

The LSU AgCenter is partnering with several universities and countries on a $22 million award from the U.S. Agency for International Development to make cereal crops more readily available.Â