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Stung! How a taxpayer-funded mosquito abatement facility nearly doubles in price
After years of rubber-stamping escalating spending requests, the Metro Council is now wondering how the cost of a planned $6.5 million mosquito abatement facility...
Metro Council members mum on assistant parish attorney’s sexual harassment complaint
Members of the Metro Council—which oversees the parish attorney’s office—have little to say about the assistant parish attorney who, despite a 2016 sexual harassment...
Baton Rouge’s 10 most expensive home sales of 2018
Quick-take: Downtown gets in the Baton Rouge most expensive home sales game as the high-end market keeps churning along though there’s signs of a slowdown...
ExxonMobil withdraws ITEP requests, future Baton Rouge expansion in question
ExxonMobil is withdrawing its pending 2017 Industrial Tax Exemption requests, which were recently rejected by the East Baton Rouge School Board and were scheduled...
Find out in advance what will happen in Baton Rouge in 2019
Anyone can tell you what's already taken place in Baton Rouge, but reporting what's expected to happen in the future? Now that's a trick.
Yet...
2019 economy: A forecast for renewed growth
After enjoying three years of solid job growth, the Baton Rouge area economy began to slow in 2018 as the industrial construction boom, which...
If Metro Council fires Batson as parish attorney, will her top deputy be tapped...
Metro Councilman LaMont Cole isn’t saying why he’s pushing to remove Parish Attorney Lea Anne Batson, but two city-parish officials say he wants to...
LSU students seeking a better way to treat breast cancer
A group of biological and agricultural engineering students at LSU is researching better drug and treatment methods in an effort to lower the mortality...
The millennial factor is a big part of Baton Rouge equation
Go ahead. Say what you will about millennials.
They love small group discussions, yoga and farm-to-table menus. They want their work to matter, but they...
Baton Rouge industry will benefit if deeper Mississippi River channel happens
If an Army Corps of Engineers plan to deepen the Mississippi River channel to Baton Rouge moves forward, as appears likely, a variety of...
City-parish files suit over downtown Baton Rouge library
The city-parish filed suit today in 19th Judicial District Court against the architects and general contractor involved in the design and construction of the...
Fans ‘pouring in’ to new Tiger Stadium beer section, The Chute
The Chute, a new premium area for beer service inside Tiger Stadium, has been well-received among fans so far, reaching capacity at each of...
