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The city-parish is fighting back against The Temple Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which filed suit in August seeking to stop development of a controversial 240-unit multifamily complex at the @Highland mixed-use development, which is adjacent to the Mormon temple on Highland Road.

Thousands of Louisianans are paying more for flood insurance beginning this week after the Federal Emergency Management Agency implemented its new pricing schedule despite pleas to postpone it from coastal lawmakers like Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy.

The 60 companies on the 2021 Best Places to Work list demonstrate what it means to care about employees, serving as a model for other businesses.

Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens LLC has found success by fostering a family atmosphere and being motivated by standards not involving money.

The Pangburn Group Inc. fosters a culture that’s about wanting to make employees stay, rather than simply work.

GMFS Mortgage has created a winning formula by embracing change, listening to employees and giving back to the Baton Rouge community.

The Capital Region will have gained back about 81% of the jobs it lost to the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of this year, outpacing the rest of the state, economist Loren Scott predicts. 

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré called on Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana’s Legislature to force oil companies to seal the roughly 4,600 abandoned oil wells around the state, during a demonstration in Lafayette today. 

Hiring or firing employees based on their vaccination status has become more common across the country as vaccines have gained FDA approval, Axios reports. But will the trend reach Baton Rouge?

The first three floors of multifamily units in Mike Wampold’s I Rivermark Centre are tentatively scheduled for completion in mid-2022.