What We're Reading

State’s initial jobless claims drop

Initial claims for jobless benefits in Louisiana dropped 6.5% for the week ending Saturday....

Hospital board undecided on public meetings

The chairman for the governing board of the planned, publicly funded $1.2 billion state...

Sushi restaurant on Essen to open by year’s end

Wasabi Sushi Bar and Grill is set to open at the end of the...

Ferrara gets deal to build fire engines for New Jersey city

Ferrara Fire Apparatus, the Livingston Parish-based company that makes fire trucks, has been awarded...

LSU ranked 16th in coaches’ poll; Ala. on top

LSU is ranked 16th in the USA Today preseason coaches’ college football poll, which...

Public forum set for downtown library plans

The East Baton Rouge Parish library board will host a public forum on options...
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Taco truck rolling into B.R.

If you've never been to Baton Rouge's hippest underground art show, Stabbed in the...

As Gulf plug firms, BP shuffles its spill team

A mud-and-cement plug cured today in a blown-out oil well at the bottom of...

U.S. companies hire at slow pace for 3rd straight month

WASHINGTON (AP) — Private employers added new workers at a weak pace for the...

Movie premiere to benefit spill victims

A special premiere of LA-308, an action movie filmed and set on the Louisiana...