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Public money driving slow New Orleans downtown

A deal approved this week to fill up an empty skyscraper and keep the...

B.R. native makes his HBO debut on ‘True Blood’

The second season of True Blood is now airing on HBO with a new,...

Hurricane Chris giving Legislature a bad rap

A video of Shreveport rapper Hurricane Chris performing before the Louisiana Legislature is making...

PAR says legislative session short on ideas

The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has come out with its analysis of...

Nearly 1,000 added to unemployment rolls last week

The Louisiana Workforce Commission says initial claims for unemployment insurance in the state rose...

Judge delays release on bond of Stanford

A federal judge has delayed releasing Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford on bond until...
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Short session, short on ideas – Commentary from Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Inc.

The 2009 regular legislative session was the short version of a Louisiana Legislative Session,...

News roundup: B.R. native named White House fellow … Legislature lifts limit on charter schools

Honor for Sternberg: Marc Sternberg, a Baton Rouge native who opened an innovative lab...

May incomes surge, but savings outpace spending

Households pushed their savings rate to the highest level in more than 15 years...

West Feliciana forms policy advisory panel

Inspired by Baton Rouge's A6, a group of West Feliciana Parish residents has founded...