What We're Reading

EBR sales tax collections up 5.5% for 2008

East Baton Rouge Parish sales tax collections increased 5.5% in 2008, despite the national...

Fiscal session will address future of film tax credits

A 40% infrastructure tax credit to the lure the film industry is likely a...

Attorney predicts Stanford suits will be filed in Baton Rouge

There's no question that the local victims of the $8 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated...

From whispers to a roar

For nearly a decade there were whispers. Something about the high-yielding certificates of deposit...

News roundup: Early voting starts Saturday … S Menswear closing 30 stores

Vote before Mardi Gras: Early voting in a special south Baton Rouge Senate race...

January rise in consumer prices largest since July

Consumer prices rose modestly in January, propelled by higher energy costs, but most economists...
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MidSouth Bank might return TARP money

Officials with MidSouth Bank say they might give back the $20 million they received...

Concerns about Stanford started long ago

For nearly a decade there were whispers. Something about the high-yielding certificates of deposit...

Saab files for bankruptcy protection

STOCKHOLM (AP) — General Motors Corp.'s Swedish-based subsidiary Saab filed for bankruptcy protection today...

E-health record program meets target

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Nearly 240 small- to medium-sized medical practices around Louisiana applied...