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The lunch specials at the new Iron Fork are a mouthwatering lineup of what co-owners Tory Cummings and Hershall Bergeron call soul food with a Cajun twist.

The Louisiana Community and Technical College System is seeing indications of enrollment growth after new enrollments fell off last year, the system’s chief public affairs officer says. 

Michael Mathews, owner of Baton Rouge-based outdoor store The Backpacker, is opening the store’s third location, this one in Mandeville.

The Duplantier Place Shopping Center at 257 Lee Drive was sold to a Metairie-based LLC for $3.1 million in a deal Monday.

Louisiana's highway system ranks 35th in the nation in condition and overall cost-effectiveness, according to the Annual Highway Report published today by Reason Foundation.

Renewable energy provider D. E. Shaw Renewable has signed three solar power off-take agreements with Entergy Louisiana.

The shipping container has become a coveted and expensive lifeline for retailers and manufacturers, and they’re in such short supply that companies are having to rethink how they stock shelves, placing a premium on smaller, more compact merchandise: squishy toys, headphones and slippers instead of, say, play kitchens, televisions and hiking boots, The Washington Post reports. 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is urging the Capital Area Transit System to create a publicly accessible dashboard to keep the public informed of its performance. 

The Louisiana trucking industry has joined a suit contesting President Joe Biden’s vaccine policy that requires private sector employers with over 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reports Logistics Management magazine.

A recent Gallup survey found that 36% of U.S. employees say their employer is requiring all workers without medical exemptions to get their COVID-19 vaccination