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Plan for large-scale redevelopment on Government Street clears hurdle

A plan to redevelop a portion of Government Street in Mid City to include a gourmet wine shop and epicurean market, a bar and commissary with outdoor seating, and an Aveda barbershop concept cleared a key hurdle Monday, when the Planning Commission approved a rezoning request to allow for alcohol sales at the site.

Redistricting goal: Keeping incumbent state legislators from running against one another

Lawmakers using census data to redraw political districts will try to avoid pitting incumbents against each other, says state Sen. Sharon Hewitt, a Slidell Republican

Louisiana’s struggling seafood industry teetering after Ida

Louisiana's oyster farmers, crabbers, shrimpers and commercial fishers are nothing if not adaptable, producing millions of pounds of seafood annually, often in water that was dry land a generation ago. They've fought off a devastating oil spill, floods, changing markets and endless hurricanes just to stay in business.

Baton Rouge hotels reopening to public, may have rooms for Auburn game

Hotels in Baton Rouge have been booked with evacuees and emergency personnel for weeks following Hurricane Ida, but some are starting to open to the public again.

Where home prices are headed, according to forecast models

But what does softening in the housing market mean for home price growth? The consensus among the industry's forecast models is that we're headed for slower, but still positive growth.

Survey: One-third of Louisiana health care workers question necessity of COVID vaccine

One-third of health care workers surveyed across Louisiana are not convinced vaccines are necessary to end the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the preliminary results of a Louisiana Department of Health survey of roughly 10,000 medical workers.

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See which companies received city-parish economic development grants

While the city-parish has struggled over the years to find money to increase pay for police and public works employees, as well as matching funds for drainage projects, it has managed to dole out small economic development grants each year to a handful of recipients.