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Roundup: Suing the NBA / Global stocks / State rep DWI
Lawsuit: Warner Bros. Discovery sued the NBA on Friday as it tries to maintain broadcast rights for a package of live games. The NBA...
Governor vetoes 31 bills from legislative session
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry vetoed 31 bills this session while signing 792 into law, The Center Square reports.
Notably, he rejected legislation addressing deepfakes in...
How Baton Rouge restaurateurs are responding to social media pressures
There’s another crucial ingredient restaurants need in 2024: an active, engaging social media presence.
As 225 reports, busy restaurant owners nowadays are tasked with creating...
See how New Schools for Baton Rouge LEAP scores stack up
Louisiana’s newly released 2024 LEAP scores show that charter schools supported by New Schools for Baton Rouge outperformed East Baton Rouge district-run open enrollment...
Louisiana utility companies want customers to pay for lost profits
Louisiana’s major electric utilities are still pushing state regulators to allow them to charge customers for the costs of a new statewide energy efficiency...
How the effort to repeal Louisiana’s state income tax is going
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's goal to repeal or reduce the Louisiana income tax and simplify the state's convoluted tax code will have to wait...
What the latest numbers from the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge indicate
The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the...
Roundup: BASF earnings / School system update / Sick-out scrapped
Flat: BASF backed its full-year outlook despite posting flat second-quarter earnings after cost-saving measures offset a decline in sales due to lower prices across...
Louisiana is among the states asking SCOTUS to halt this new EPA rule
Attorneys general in 25 states, including Louisiana’s Liz Murrill, have sent an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to immediately halt...
Employees pushing back against return-to-office policies
Return-to-office mandates gained steam over the past few years, but that push has slowed, Inc. reports.
In the first half of 2024, return-to-office policy announcements...
Gaming and Leisure Properties reports record Q2 results
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc., a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust that owns the property of all three of Baton Rouge’s casinos, reported record...
‘LaPolitics’: Cleo Fields is surging in new congressional district
The political infrastructure of the Congressional Black Caucus appears to be coalescing around former member and one-time Congressman Cleo Fields in Louisiana's newly redrawn...
See which Capital Region municipalities received grants from LED
Two Capital Region municipalities will receive a new grant to support improvement projects and promote growth in certified Louisiana Development Ready Communities.
Through the Louisiana...
LaMont Cole: ‘I want to change the narrative’
LaMont Cole’s initial priorities in his new role as East Baton Rouge Parish Schools superintendent include ensuring that students are safe and that educators...
See why Kroger and Albertsons are pausing their merger
Kroger and Albertsons announced they were putting their $20 billion merger deal on hold while antitrust enforcers pursue lawsuits to block it, The Wall...
Roundup: College Flyover project / Amedisys / Casino acquisition
No reroute necessary: The left lane of westbound Interstate 12 from Essen Lane to the I-10/I-12 merge will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday...
This physical therapy clinic just spent $1M for an office building on Bluebonnet
A Baton Rouge-based physical therapy clinic is expanding its footprint in the area.
Brown Rogers Physical Therapy purchased a garden-style office building on Bluebonnet Boulevard...
GDP report for the second quarter surprises economists. See why
Economic activity in the U.S. was considerably stronger than expected during the second quarter, according to initial estimates released Thursday from the Commerce Department.
Real...
Louisiana lawmakers scrap plan for a constitutional convention this summer
Despite a last-minute push from Gov. Jeff Landry’s revenue secretary, Louisiana lawmakers will not return to the Capitol this summer to address tax and...
Roundup: New superintendent / Southwest Airlines / At-risk youth
LaMont Cole: After a tumultuous selection process, the East Baton Rouge School Board has finally chosen its new leader: Metro Council member LaMont Cole....
