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McDonalds, eBay agree to buy energy from Baton Rouge-area solar farm 

McDonald’s Corp. and eBay Inc. today announced agreements with Lightsource bp to purchase power...

LSU faculty petition seeks return to online, hybrid classes for fall

A group of LSU faculty members, outraged over the university’s refusal to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations, is petitioning LSU President William Tate to reinstitute online and hybrid instruction for the upcoming fall semester.

Dwight Hudson presses mayor on Baton Rouge drainage project funding 

East Baton Rouge Metro Council member Dwight Hudson is pressing Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s office for a plan to increase funding for drainage projects.

MovEBR modifications could be used for self-driving cars 

Traffic-light infrastructure upgrades included in the MovEBR program could eventually be used for self-driving cars to operate safely on the city’s roads.

United adds flights for LSU games at UCLA, Bama

United Airlines is adding 74 flights catering to football fans across the country and Louisiana this fall, the company announced this morning.

SBA giving break to borrowers appealing PPP decisions 

The Small Business Administration is changing its policy that forces Paycheck Protection Program borrowers...
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Entrepreneur: Henry Hays

Henry Hays is founder of MatchPoint, which puts athletes together with businesses interested in NIL partnerships.

3 Things to Know: Trey Godfrey

Trey Godfrey, who dreamed of becoming a college football head coach, is senior vice president of policy for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.

JR Ball: Thank you, Dwight Hudson

Props to Dwight Hudson for inadvertently exposing the disaster that is the hodgepodge of government disfunction we have in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Riegel: Making a case for CATS

CATS has a tax renewal coming up; before deciding how to vote, take time to actually study what's happening at the agency.