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Barnes and Noble Citiplace location up for sale or lease

Is Barnes and Noble closing its location at Citiplace? Not in the immediate future. But the 34,000-square-foot freestanding retail outlet is being listed for sale or lease.

Hollywood workers avoid strike as unions across U.S. flexing muscle 

Thousands of workers remain on strike across the U.S. demanding higher pay and better conditions despite Hollywood make-up artists and camera operators reaching a deal over the weekend to avoid a walkout, and the tight jobs market has only emboldened them.

Hunting, fishing licenses now available on LA Wallet   

Louisiana hunters will have one less thing to carry into the blind this season, now that LA Wallet app users can upload hunting licenses onto their phones via the LA Wallet app. 

Louisiana’s reliance on federal money slows road construction, state senator says

Louisiana’s heavy reliance on federal dollars to pay for roads and bridges slows down the pace of construction, says state Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen. 

ProSource Wholesale moving into Airline Highway location

ProSource Wholesale of Baton Rouge, a wholesale home and commercial improvement supplier, bought a building at 10848 Airline Highway for $2.9 million on Friday and plans to move its Baton Rouge operations there next year. 

Churchill’s pulls rezoning request for new Southdowns site

Churchill’s has scrapped its plans to relocate to the Acadian-Perkins Plaza. Late Friday, the establishment’s owner withdrew a rezoning request that was set to go before the Planning Commission at tonight’s meeting, which would have cleared the way for the cigar and spirits retailer to relocate to the 9,000-square-foot Claitor’s Bookstore space in the retail center.
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What happened behind the scenes leading to Orgeron’s pending departure?   

LSU’s decision to part ways with head football coach Ed Orgeron is a historic and unprecedented move: a school ushering out a coach with a 74% winning percentage who is a mere 21 months removed from winning a national championship. 

One-quarter of U.S. infrastructure at risk from future flooding 

One-quarter of all critical infrastructure in the U.S.—36,000 facilities including airports, utilities, and hospitals—is...

K-12 schools spent $850M on retirement costs last year

Schools that participate in one of two state retirement systems spent $852.8 million in fiscal year 2020 to pay down retirement debt, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reports.

LSU professor studying ways to protect infrastructure from natural disasters

When Hurricane Ida swept through Louisiana in early fall, hundreds of thousands were left...