It’s against this thorny backdrop that Judi Terzotis, president and publisher of The Advocate, The Times-Picayune and nola.com, mines rich opportunities.
Fifty dollars a pound. That’s the current price of jumbo lump crabmeat in Louisiana, a nearly 100% increase and the starkest example of just how much more you might pay for this year’s beloved Lenten menu items.
A state legislator is proposing term limits for local assessors and sheriffs, who are among the most influential local officials in their jurisdictions.
Glance up around Baton Rouge and some of the most recognizable rooflines you will see are the work of Roofing Solutions, the Prairieville-based company founded in 2004 by then-21-year-old Tupac de la Cruz.
Most murder victims and perpetrators are involved in other criminal activities and often know each other, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us are unaffected by violence, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore says.