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Roundup: Milan Fashion Week / State’s financial health / Buying a home
High fashion: A little over a year after its New York Fashion Week debut, designer and Love My Reality co-owner Crystal Lewis brought her...
Victims of the Stanford fraud may soon get paid, but for some it’s too...
Some 15 years after first being announced and nearly a decade of litigation, the victims of the $7 billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated by financier...
Local furniture chain to close Baton Rouge location
Furniture Gallery, a local chain of furniture stores, is closing its location in the newly redeveloped Ardenwood Shopping Center on Florida Boulevard.
While a precise...
Roundup: Voter registration / Constitutional amendments / Backing Israel
Deadline is today: Today is the final day to register to vote in-person for the November elections. It’s also the last day to update...
The proposed changes to Baton Rouge’s Plan of Government, explained
On Nov. 5, East Baton Rouge Parish voters will decide the fate of a set of sweeping changes to the city-parish’s Plan of Government.
Speaking...
NOLA scurrying to upgrade its streets and sidewalks ahead of Super Bowl
With the city set to host the Super Bowl in February, New Orleans advocates and leaders hope they can use the big game as...
This Capital Region steel fabricator just announced a $25M expansion
St. Helena Parish-based Southland Steel Fabricators Inc. announced on Monday that it is investing $25 million to add 100,000 square feet of production space...
Most US homeowners don’t have flood insurance, but should they?Â
Hurricane Helene's recent devastation, with damages expected to exceed $225 billion, highlights a critical gap in U.S. disaster preparedness, Bloomberg reports.
Only about 4% of...
What Tim Temple says is a must in addressing the state’s insurance crisis
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says building code enhancements for the state's coastal regions should be on the agenda when lawmakers eventually meet in...
Can the nation’s office market experience a rebound after bottoming out?
The struggling U.S. office property market may be bottoming out, Reuters reports.Â
Over the last quarter, there has been a string of sales of stressed...
SCOTUS reaffirms two Biden administration environmental regulations
The Supreme Court on Friday left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of planet warming methane and toxic...
Roundup: Mortgage rates / Spirit Airlines / TOPS scholarship
Spike: The average rate on the 30-year-fixed mortgage jumped 27 basis points Friday morning following the release of the government’s monthly employment report. The...
How would a prolonged dockworkers strike impact Louisiana’s economy?
Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association returned to work Friday after the union reached a tentative deal with the United States Maritime Alliance.
Even...
Louisiana sees a dip in initial jobless claims
New unemployment claims in Louisiana dropped around 2.3% for the week ending Sept. 28.
There were 1,664 initial insurance claims filed last week, down from...
Baton Rouge auto dealerships’ sales growth bucks national trend
Third-quarter U.S. vehicle sales fell 1.9% year over year, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, as high prices on new vehicles and...
Roundup: Refinance demand / Rouses denied / Tax reform plan
Slight cooling: Mortgage rates slightly increased last week, but it was enough to take a little heat out of what had been a briefly...
Louisiana is rethinking how it leverages federal funds to improve the grid
The Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources announced Tuesday that it was directing $249 million for a program aimed to enhance the state’s...
The owner of La Carreta Mid City is opening a new Mexican restaurant
A new ingredient-centric Mexican restaurant is slated to open in Baton Rouge in November.Â
William Mealer, the owner of La Carreta Mid City, is developing...
Engineering company is expanding its local presence with this building purchase
Orbital Engineering Inc. is expanding its Capital Region operations with the purchase of a multitenant garden office building at the corner of Lake Sherwood...
This local behavioral services center is expanding to BakerÂ
Children with autism, along with their families, will soon be able to access support in Baker through Rise Behavioral Services.Â
Rise, which operates a center...
