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Alford: The clock is ticking on a budget dealĀ 

The House of Representatives sent a proposed budget package across Memorial Hall to the Senate last week.

The winding path of CEO Paul DanosĀ 

Paul Danos took a bit of a winding path to his role as CEO...

LSU’s Angel Reese becomes ā€˜Sports Illustrated’ swimsuit modelĀ Ā 

LSU women’s basketball forward Angel Reese, who guided the team to its first national championship is joining LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.

Congress demanding answers from FEMA on Risk Rating 2.0Ā 

More than 50 lawmakers have sent a formal letter asking FEMA for answers about the inner workings of Risk Rating 2.0.

LSU joins the ā€˜pigdemic’ fight

LSU is moving into controlled field trials of a patent-pending bait to address wild, invasive pigs that are causing millions in damage to Louisiana farms.Ā 

Inside the Facebook group where local food is discovered, debated and dissected

Ravioli … in the crawfish boil? What constitutes—and violates—the laws of king cake? How about where to find the best seafood plate in Ascension Parish, or ramen in Baton Rouge?
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The Stanford Ponzi scheme saga enters its last chapterĀ Ā Ā 

Most of the money the 18,000 investors put in—the Baton Rouge office alone wrote an estimated $2 billion worth of bogus certificates of deposit—is likely long gone.

Film subsidies are good for the economy, say auditors, but what about state finances?Ā 

The Louisiana program that subsidizes movie production in the state appears to benefit the state’s economy because it generates more household income than it costs.

Firm wanting to help musicians collaborate wins BREW’s $100K pitch competition

Modern artists have digital tools to help them create music, but collaboration with other musicians often involves emailing files back and forth, which often isn’t ideal for the creative process.Ā 

Why the labor shortage might stick around for a whileĀ 

The shortage of workers that has been plagueing businesses across multiple industries for months on end might become a new normal, Axios reports.Ā