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This Baton Rouge Italian restaurant has closed
Palermo Ristorante, the upscale Italian restaurant on Jefferson Highway in Bocage, has closed after 10 years in business.
The restaurant was owned by local restaurateur...
Roundup: Cost of plastics / Haynesville Shale / Tulane health report
Ripple effect: Higher plastics and petrochemical costs are expected to raise prices across a range of consumer goods. Industries that depend heavily on these...
Mayor seeks residents’ help in identifying blighted commercial properties
Mayor-President Sid Edwards is asking residents to help identify Baton Rouge's most problematic blighted commercial properties through a new top 10 blight property campaign,...
Louisiana Supreme Court audit flags potentially improper use of state funds
A recent audit of the Louisiana Supreme Court found that administrative expenses associated with the Judges’ Supplemental Compensation Fund have been paid with state...
Should Americans share in AI’s wealth: A growing debate emerges
A growing policy debate centers on whether Americans should have a direct financial stake in the wealth created by artificial intelligence, The Washington Post...
‘LaPolitics’: Will Green discusses the session and what lies ahead for LABI
LaPolitics: From LABI’s perspective, what were the highlights of the recent regular session?
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry CEO Will Green: Strengthening cradle-to-career pathways...
Metro Council accepts $1.15M in funding for BRPD to house federal agents
Amid public uncertainty about the Department of Homeland Security’s role in Baton Rouge and concerns that ICE agents could be housed at Baton Rouge...
From fuel to food: How the oil shock is squeezing the global economy
The escalating U.S.-Iran war is becoming a major shock to the global economy, with effects spreading far beyond the Middle East, The New York...
Investors lining up for Wall Street liftoff of SpaceX
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday and both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up...
Roundup: BREC millage / New gas pipeline / Screwworm in pets
Partnership backing: The Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership supports renewing BREC’s parks and recreation millage on the June 27 ballot, saying parks and trails...
Rising inflation may put new Fed chair at odds with Trump
Newly appointed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh may soon face a major test of his independence from Donald Trump, The Washington Post reports.
Although Warsh...
Zachary land-clearing company acquired by Sulphur contractor
ShredHedz, a Zachary-based forestry mulching and land-clearing company that operates across the Southeast, has been acquired by Diamond D Industries, a Sulphur-based heavy civil...
Q&A: Meet Amogh Ambardekar, the new director of LSU’s FOODii incubator
LSU’s FOODii incubator has a new leader, and his résumé is a strong one.
He brings more than 15 years of experience in the food...
Roundup: St. George library / Beef prices / AI in the workplace
Breakaway paused: St. George’s push to create its own library system has been delayed as the City Council deferred the vote for 30 days....
Here’s where the University Lakes Project currently stands
The University Lakes restoration project is on track to complete its currently funded dredging work by the end of October, with most shoreline landscaping...
US inflation surges to a three-year high, intensifying affordability pressures
Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political...
Former Pennington leader John Kirwan has a new gig. See where
John Kirwan, who served as executive director of Pennington Biomedical Research Institute for eight years before stepping down in December, has been named executive...
What voters need to know about BREC’s millage renewal
The millage funding BREC's maintenance and operation of parks, facilities and recreation services throughout East Baton Rouge Parish is heading to the ballot for...
Does St. George legally exist? Maybe not, a bombshell new lawsuit claims
A prominent landowner in St. George is asking a state court to declare that the city was never legally incorporated—or, if it was, that...
New charter school to take root at renovated historic downtown campus
Construction is expected to be completed next month, allowing Harvest Commons Charter School to open on the former South Boulevard Elementary campus in downtown...
