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Investigations and efforts from the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to address unfair or exclusionary practices in the real estate industry, on top of several civil lawsuits filed this year, pose a challenge to traditional residential real estate commissions and brokerage rules, according to The Wall Street Journal.  

A request for annexation into the city of Baton Rouge filed by a dozen homeowners in the Willow Ridge subdivision, which sits on the border between the city and the prospective city of St. George, is expected to generate intense debate at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center today announced it is conducting its first vaccination trial, participating in testing the safety and effectiveness of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 in a phase three clinical trial.

This house, which serves as a model home for local homebuilder Level Homes, is also a test house for Baton Rouge cybersecurity company Stephenson Technology Corp.

Fifty percent of U.S. shoppers plan to be done with holiday shopping before Nov. 29, according to a mid-August survey by parcelLab and research firm YouGov and reported by Inc.

The Legislature’s Joint Governmental Affairs Committee met Friday for the first of  many redistricting sessions to draw new maps that determine which voters to include in their districts in addition to other statewide political boundaries—a project that will impact Louisiana elections for the next decade. 

Baton Rouge-based Tigeraire today announced that General Catalyst, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm behind Venmo, Stripe, Airbnb, and TikTok, has signed as their lead investor. 

Smart homes offer customized, on-demand comfort, but if not properly protected they can also provide a gateway into your house—and life.

Unemployment claims in the state rose for a second straight week and Southeast Louisiana, specifically,...

If working parents, whose schedules have been upended by the pandemic, on-again-off-again school days and weather disruptions, think they have it rough, they should try running a day care center.