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Alford: Big decisions lie ahead for House speaker

Over the coming days and weeks, Speaker Clay Schexnayder is expected to make a...

McCollister: Metro Council should reject Hudson’s tax swap plan

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson is proposing to grab $4 million of those tax dollars and effectively redirect them for drainage projects.

Global demand spurs rise in LNG exports 

Nine vessels carrying LNG left from Louisiana last week, part of a rise in...

Louisiana casinos bouncing back, but attendance still low 

Louisiana's casinos, video gaming devices and racetrack slot machines saw revenues jump more than...

Flood projects money is coming, city-parish begins negotiating with landowners

The Broome administration is moving forward with plans to acquire more than 340 acres of low-lying undeveloped property in Baton Rouge’s floodplain in an effort to improve drainage throughout the parish.

How local firms are dealing with latest COVID surge 

Louisiana saw more than 7,500 new cases of COVID over the weekend as the country continues to deal with a fourth spike of the virus. But in Baton Rouge, white-collar businesses differ when it comes to what to require and when to require it in order to slow the spread.
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Delaware real estate investment trust buys Fresenius Kidney Care

Four Springs Capital Trust, a Delaware-based real estate investment trust, bought Fresenius Kidney Care on Mancuso Lane for $6.2 million on Monday. 

Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate library, pest control taxes to drainage under fire 

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate a portion of tax dollars from...

Corporate profit margins hold steady despite inflation 

Businesses are feeling positive about their profit margins, even though costs and wages are...

Louisiana’s COVID-19 surge delaying other surgeries 

Our Lady of the Lake Regional today announced it has temporarily stopped taking inpatients...