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Nearly a dozen residents of Pecue Lane, in between Perkins and Highland roads, are looking to rezone their properties to protect their lot sizes and restrict future development on the land. 

Allen Stanford, convicted of leading a multibillion-dollar investment fraud, is appealing two court-approved settlements from prison. 

Baton Rouge Police Department Chief Murphy Paul is planning to step down later this year after five and a half years in the role, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced this morning.  

After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the U.S. has reached its lowest point in more than two years—3% in June compared with 12 months earlier—a sign that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes have steadily slowed price increases across the economy.

Louisiana came in 49th in CNBC’s annual Top States for Business ranking, outranking only Alaska. 

An industrial property on East Petroleum Drive has sold for $3.8 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.

The Supreme Court’s demand for “race-neutral” college admissions via its recent ruling outlawing affirmative...

Fertilizer companies are leading the race to build plants along the Gulf of Mexico...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed legislation to create a state chief resilience officer, a position within the governor’s office that will coordinate policy response to environmental hazards and threats to the state. 

As Twitter tries to figure out what it wants to be following the Elon Musk acquisition, competing microblogging platforms have emerged, though most have so far struggled to gain much traction.