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‘LaPolitics’: Race for attorney general gearing up

Solicitor General Elizabeth Murrill has signed off on a campaign committee for a potential...

Riegel: Why does CATS need so many consultants to get the job done?

Few agencies in Baton Rouge are more vital to the people than the Capital...

US hiring rebounds in October with 531,000 jobs added

America’s employers stepped up their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown.

For LSU, health care partnership could be worth hundreds of millions long term

There’s no telling, but LSU Foundation officials acknowledge the long-term deal could be “very significant,” potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ochsner donates $4M for eponymous LSU wellness center 

Ochsner Health has made a $4 million gift to LSU’s College of Human Sciences & Education, establishing the Ochsner Wellness Center inside the Huey P. Long Field House. 

Government Street businesses hope renovation spurs more foot traffic

White Light Night, the Mid City art festival planned for Nov. 19, will be...
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Serop’s Express on College Drive closes 

The College Drive location of Serop’s Express has closed, and owner Vasken Kaltakdijian is looking to lease the 2,600-square-foot building, according to Mark Hebert of Kurz & Hebert Commercial Real Estate. 

Florida Boulevard shopping center sold to local investors for $3.8M

A Baton Rouge-based LLC bought a shopping center at the corner of North Ardenwood Drive and Florida Boulevard for $3.8 million in a deal that closed Monday.

Ruffin Rodrigue honored posthumously for philanthropic efforts

The late Ruffin Rodrigue, a former LSU football player and founder of Ruffino’s restaurants in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, was honored with the Julia Woods Dickinson Heart and Soul Award at the Best Dressed Ball in October.

MBPCC, OLOL split forever changes Baton Rouge health care market 

With its six-story, red brick building standing prominently on the Essen Lane campus of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center appears very much to be part of the hospital.