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Two of Baton Rouge’s biggest bike path systems will be connected this fall

After years of complaints that Baton Rouge’s biking experience is lackluster, two of the area’s largest bike path systems will be connected later this year.

BRAC urging voters to engage candidates over state’s population loss, job stagnation

If Louisiana had grown at the average rate of its regional neighbors since the beginning of 2016, the state would have 239,000 more jobs and 301,000 more residents than it does now, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.

Here’s what the city-parish is planning for College Drive

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and the MovEBR program management team released proposed plans for...

AI boot camp being launched by LSU and Fullstack Academy

LSU’s online and continuing education department today announced it is launching an artificial intelligence and machine learning boot camp through its partnership with tech education provider Fullstack Academy.

Norisha Kirts Glover on the importance of being a connector as an entrepreneur

NRK Construction founder and owner Norisha Kirts Glover has always considered being a connector one of the greatest assets in an entrepreneur’s arsenal.

Metro Council member claims ‘zones of influence’ are slowing development

Chauna Banks, who sits on East Baton Rouge Parish’s Metro Council and Planning Commission, says cities within the parish are slowing development in nearby unincorporated areas.

Startups are failing faster and more frequently

New businesses have always faced an uphill battle as they scale and grow—and more businesses fail than succeed.

Louisiana’s state parks and historic sites in need of repair as money is spent elsewhere

Reduced general fund appropriations in recent years have forced Louisiana state parks to spend improvement funds on operations, creating a $42 million backlog of needed repairs.

How LSU is leveraging its research to boost Louisiana’s economic future

When Robert Twilley was appointed to lead LSU’s Office of Research and Economic Development...

Bullfish Bistro relocates Caribbean-Cajun fusion cuisine to Airline Highway

Bullfish Bistro, formerly located within earshot of LSU on Nicholson Drive, has relocated its Caribbean-Cajun fusion cuisine to Airline Highway, joining The Little Village in the Barringer Crossing shopping center.