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SBA doled out $390B in loans at rates that won’t be seen again for years

Small business owners who took out disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration...

Outage due to lightning strike shuts businesses in Corporate Blvd. area

Lightning struck a piece of transmission equipment near Corporate Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, leaving more than 7,000 Entergy Louisiana customers without power into the evening.

Lawmakers invoke ‘precedence’ to delay congressional redistricting

A proposed Louisiana congressional map with two majority-Black districts failed to advance Thursday from...

Leola’s Cafe owners open Mid City snowball stand to honor late daughter

Baton Rouge’s newest mobile stand, Aliye Belle’s Snowballs, is changing the game with specialty flavors and layered snowballs—just in time for the sizzling temps.

‘LaPolitics’: Trump appointee ponders run for governor in 2023

Citing a desire to make Louisiana safer, a Lafayette man who headed up the U.S. Marshals Service and served as the Western District's first African American U.S. attorney is now considering a run for governor in 2023.

Judge rejects legislators’ request for more time to redraw congressional maps

A request by Louisiana legislative leaders to extend the deadline for completing a new congressional map—that must include a second majority-Black district—was rejected by a federal judge today.
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Developer seeks rezoning for hotel in Citiplace near Bocage Lake

A developer is seeking to put a 93-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott hotel near the intersection of Corporate Boulevard and Bocage Lake Drive. 

Baton Rouge riverboat casino revenue drops in May 

Baton Rouge’s three casinos posted a drop just shy of $1 million in May, marking the second month of collective loss for the riverboats. 

Seven ways to financially prepare for a recession 

Inflation is at a 40-year high. Interest rates are rising. The stock market is...

Mortgage rates see largest jump in 35 years 

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates had their biggest one-week jump in 35 years with the Federal Reserve