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Caller ID outing workers still on their parents’ phone plan 

Millions of workers have quit old jobs for new ones in the past year, and caller ID is outing young professionals—and some not-so-young professionals—for being on their parents’ family mobile phone plans. 

Cancer care taking center stage within Baton Rouge medical community

Some might say the health care industry in Baton Rouge has never been more fluid.

JR Ball: A new new bridge over troubled water

Yes, a new new bridge crossing the Mississippi River is vital but like everything else in real estate it's all about location, location, location.

McCollister: A critical hire for VBR and Capital Region

The search for a new Visit Baton Rouge leader is underway and the selection is more important to our future than you might think.

Cancer care takes center stage

Subsiding COVID worries and the revitalized federal Cancer Moonshot program have Baton Rouge medical providers focusing on cancer care.

People to watch in health care

A look at the Capital Region health care leaders who are making headlines in research and medical care in 2022.
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Bridge Center plans more outreach in hopes of increasing impact

The Bridge Center for Hope, Louisiana’s first crisis receiving center for adults, didn’t serve as many people as expected during its first year

Downtown Holiday Inn Express closes abruptly

Guests at the downtown Holiday Inn Express on North Boulevard were shocked when the...

Hurricane Ida’s winds reached 150 mph, tying Laura’s ferocity

The National Hurricane Center today released its final report on Hurricane Ida, which struck Louisiana on Aug. 29 of last year, finding that the storm’s 150 mph winds tied Ida with Laura from 2020 and the Last Island Hurricane of 1856, WAFB-TV reports.

Nursing home reforms don’t appear to be on Legislature’s radar this session

The failure to protect nursing home residents from the squalid conditions of an evacuation center staged in an old pesticide warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish was arguably the biggest scandal from Hurricane Ida. The homes were owned by Baton Rouge businessperson Bob Dean.