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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is ending its affiliation with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and has announced it is partnering with a Nashville-based network of independent oncology practices, OneOncology.

After a three-year renovation, the River Center Performing Arts Theatre is finally set to reopen in September, just in time for a full slate of events.

As the state moves forward with its $1.1 billion plan to widen Interstate 10 through the heart of Baton Rouge, a group of residents is increasingly concerned about what the yearslong construction project will mean for those in the shadow of the highway.

Through July 2021, commercial real estate sales are up about 73% in total volume, compared to six-year averages in the market, says Chase Weatherly, marketing and communications director at Elifin Realty. Commercial sales have been on an upward trend since January.

Kansas City Southern decided Tuesday to delay this week’s planned shareholder vote on Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer to buy the railroad because regulators haven’t yet ruled on a key part of the acquisition plan, which involves potential passenger rail between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. 

Louisiana’s top school board is to decide Wednesday whether it will challenge or follow Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mask mandate for public schools, wading into a thorny issue that has divided parents and provoked angry protests in some school districts. 

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A controversial townhome development on Jones Creek Road that was approved in July by the Planning Commission over the objection of neighborhood residents will come before the Metro Council Planning and Zoning Committee for a final vote Wednesday.

East Baton Rouge Parish is liable for more than $1.13 billion for benefits expected to be owed to retired employees, officials say.

When the federal government launched the Paycheck Protection Program last year to help small...