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Leave homestead exemption alone

I believe when folks have “skin in the game” they take more of an...

It’s the sales tax, stupid!

A bill to hand developer Mike Wampold the most generous TIF in the history...

Spinosa’s Perkins woe

Perkins Rowe is unlike anything Baton Rouge has seen before. With its palm-lined flagstone...

Louisiana public school students show improvement

State Education Superintendent Paul Pastorek says there was "exceptional growth" in student performance this...

Two Perkins Road bars sold

Two Perkins Road bars that were brought back from the past now have new...
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Advance Baton Rouge gets new leader

Hank Shepard, a veteran principal and school administrator, has been named as the new...

Shaw discloses lobbying costs

The Shaw Group, an engineering and construction company, says it spent $330,000 in the...

Report: 35 mpg fuel standards to take effect in 2016

The Obama administration is set to speed up the timetable for new fuel economy...

Entergy shares lessons it learned from Gustav

After Hurricane Gustav left 829,000 Louisiana customers in the dark in September, New Orleans-based...