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Activist calls new garbage trucks ‘home run’ for Baton Rouge

An East Baton Rouge anti-litter activist says the new garbage trucks Republic Services plans under its new city-parish contract are a “home run” for Baton Rouge.

Manufacturing is weak across US, but services sector thriving 

The manufacturing sector has fallen into a funk, but services business are in anything...

TJ Ribs closes Prairieville location, again  

Priarieville's TJ Ribs closed again this week—and, by all appearances, for good. As of...

Metro Council to take up Pointe Marie revisions

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council at its zoning meeting Wednesday will take up revisions to the Pointe Marie planned unit development. 

ExxonMobil, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries form carbon capture technology alliance 

ExxonMobil announced last week that it has joined forces with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to...

Companies ease spending on business software in slower economy

Business-software companies say their customers are being more cautious with spending in response to...
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Louisiana vulnerable to power outages this winter

The nonprofit regulator charged with helping ensure the reliability of the North American electric grid is warning of potential electric supply shortfalls during severe weather this winter in several regions of the country—including Louisiana.

Is the Capital Region vulnerable to a housing crash?

The Capital Region’s main housing markets are in the middle of the national pack when it comes to how vulnerable they are to a housing market decline, a new report shows.

Large US companies laying off white-collar workers in droves

Recent rounds of layoffs at large U.S. companies mark a departure from the usual...

Despite strong economic numbers, recession remains a threat

Joe Biden assured Americans today that the U.S. economy is chugging along in the...