For nearly three hours on Monday afternoon, a group of more than 60 area leaders in business, local government and education met in a training center at Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation’s office off Acadian Thruway to discuss the future of Baton Rouge.  Â
For the first time, the federal government is going to start backstopping mortgages of more than $1 million in high-cost housing markets like California and New York. Â
Hancock Whitney Bank's former branch on Industriplex Boulevard has sold for $800,000, according to documents filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.
As we approach the 2023 statewide election cycle, Republicans are on the verge of capturing a supermajority in both the House and Senate for the first time in modern history.