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CPRA unveils coastal master plan with $25B in restoration projects 

Officials with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority are forging ahead with a new coastal master plan for 2023, and are now moving into a public comment phase through March.

City-parish saw 3% year-over-year rise in sales and use tax collections in October

The city-parish received $20.66 million from its 2% sales and use tax collections during...

LSU announces $1.1M in seed funding for faculty research

The LSU Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research will give $1.1 million in faculty...

Consultant Scott Wozniak tells how any company can become a legendary brand

When Swoz Consulting CEO Scott Wozniak was first starting out on his career path...

OLOL takeover of LSU Student Health Center pushed back

It will take a month longer than planned for the new operator of LSU’s student clinic to take over its services. A campus spokesperson attributes the delay to a final approval needed from the LSU Board of Supervisors.

Candidates for governor will share their visions for Louisiana’s future at LABI meeting 

Republican gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Jeff Landry, Treasurer John Schroder, State Sen. Sharon Hewitt of Slidell and State Rep. Richard Nelson of Mandeville are slated to speak at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s 2023 annual meeting on March 2, LABI announced this morning.  
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Local attorneys say clients much prefer meeting in person versus virtual platforms 

Local attorneys say their clients overwhelmingly prefer to meet in person rather than virtually.

Long-awaited Baton Rouge ExxonMobil plastics plant expansion goes online 

State and city-parish officials and ExxonMobil leadership are set to celebrate the startup of the company’s long-awaited polypropylene growth project at its north Baton Rouge plant on Thursday. 

BRAC: Capital Region ranks 13th nationally for economic diversity

The Capital Region’s economy is the 13th-most diversified among 384 metro areas nationwide, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.

Xavier, Ochsner Health move step closer to creating state’s fifth medical school 

A small, historically Black university known for successfully moving its graduates into medical school...