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These constitutional amendments will be on the ballot this fall 

The Louisiana Legislature concluded its legislative session for 2023 on June 8. During this...

LSU board weighs 10-year contract extension with multimedia rights manager

The LSU Board of Supervisors is poised to consider a 10-year extension of its multimedia rights agreement with Playfly Sports Properties. 

Roundup: Fed holds rates / Health funding cuts / Mortgage demand 

Pressing pause: The Federal Reserve decided at its meeting today to keep its key...

Light House Coffee is expanding to increase seating and add coffee roasting

Light House Coffee is expanding to increase seating and add coffee roasting equipment that will allow the stand-alone coffee shop to create its own branded beans.

DOTD would pay city-parish $5M to cooperate on City Park Lake, I-10 projects under proposed agreement

East Baton Rouge Parish’s City Park Lake dredging effort and the state’s Interstate 10...

Digital transformation has been key in BASF Geismar plant expansion

BASF’s Beth Holland says the digitalization of processes during the current methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI, plant expansion in Geismar has brought some unexpected challenges.

Entergy pursuing federal funding to strengthen Baton Rouge power grid 

Entergy is continuing to pursue federal grant funding that would offset the cost of projects to strengthen Louisiana’s power grid, the company announced this morning. 

Child care challenges are forcing Louisiana parents to quit their jobs

Some 8% of young children in Louisiana are in families in which someone quit, changed or refused a job because child care is hard to find and even harder to afford, according to a new report released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Office market is in transition as tenants ask for less space, different lease terms 

Baton Rouge’s office sector is seeing a bit of improvement when it comes to...

LSU’s PMAC might be replaced or improved with money in state construction budget 

LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey scored another victory with a buzzer-beater addition to the state construction budget that could help build a new basketball arena.