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The Downtown Development District and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber will work to identify vacant downtown storefronts and any impediments to bringing those locations back into commerce, the DDD’s executive director says. 

LSU assistant professor Edward Benoit III created the Virtual Footlocker Project to help military members save keepsakes of their service in digital formats for future generations.

The Livingston Parish Public School System was duped into transferring more than $2 million to a cyber scammer in January of last year.

For the first time in 10 years, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus met for a retreat this past weekend.

Nationwide, physical store openings exceeded closings on an annual basis last year for the first time since 2016, reports Axios. 

Pelican to Mars, a pet-friendly bar in the works since 2019, held a soft opening this past weekend ahead of a grand opening party planned for the last weekend of February. 

The Metro Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday to consider a $1.17 million settlement of a lawsuit related to the protests following the death of Alton Sterling in 2016. 

Kindle Energy has broken ground on its $750 million, 700-megawatt Magnolia Power Generating Station...

Pennington researcher: Dr. Robert L. Newton Jr., associate professor and head of the Physical...

Louisiana is heading toward a higher education enrollment cliff as experts predict a rapid drop in college-age individuals beginning in 2025, Public Affairs Research Council Of Louisiana writes in a new research snapshot published today.