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Metro Council agenda includes $4.5M helicopter, tax renewals, noise ordinance
The mosquito control agency for East Baton Rouge Parish wants to spend more than $4.5 million of its fund balance for a helicopter the director says will help it fight the annoying and sometimes deadly pests.
Supreme Rice building two new facilities in Acadia Parish
Supreme Rice, one of the largest rice-milling operations in Louisiana, is investing $16.2 million to develop parboil facilities in Crowley and Mermentau
LSU, Southern ag centers double down on partnership
The memorandum of understanding will expand an existing partnership that has focused primarily on extension work
Roundup: The Shed / Ochsner opening / Red Six Media
New barbecue: The Shed Barbeque and Blues Joint is scheduled to officially open in Baton Rouge next month, WAFB-TV reports. Luke Forstmann, owner of...
Community group looking to open new school after BRIS closure
Following the April announcement that Baton Rouge International School would be permanently closing after 22 years
Nearly 20% of pet project funding going to areas represented by Bodi White and...
A state senator’s nonprofit organization has been allocated $1.5 million. The booster club for Central High School is getting $1.1 million. Catholic churches in...
The Bougie Bar brings a new candle-making experience to Mid City
At Mid City’s new addition, The Bougie Bar, candle-making brings friends and family together.
Lawsuit against state sales tax collection system dismissed but could be refiled
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Louisiana’s decentralized sales tax collection system, saying it was filed in the wrong venue.
Baton Rouge’s newest plant-based restaurant opening on Bluebonnet this fall
The Plantry Café, a new vegan and vegetarian restaurant, is scheduled to open sometime this fall in the Villas of Bluebonnet Centre shopping center, near Albasha and Cadillac Cafe.
NFIB finds widespread economic concern within construction industry
Construction industry business owners are more concerned about the state of the economy than those in other sectors and are having a harder time filling jobs,
Roundup: Home sales / Manufacturing awards / Bob Dean
Steep drop: Sales of newly built homes dropped 16.6% in April from March, far more than expected, and were down 26.9% from April 2021,...
Legislation would let communities create stormwater utility systems
A bill that has unanimously passed both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature would allow political subdivisions to charge utility fees to fund stormwater management programs
Louisiana lawmakers consider gasoline, diesel stockpiles for hurricanes
Louisiana already has 1 million gallons of fuel available if needed for its hurricane response efforts. However, state lawmakers are considering setting aside another 4 million
Nutrien plans world’s largest clean ammonia plant in Geismar
Nutrien, one of the largest producers of potash and nitrogen fertilizers, has struck a deal with Denbury Carbon Solutions to handle captured emissions from...
Baton Rouge General ousts chief nursing officer
Monica Nijoka is out as vice president and chief nursing officer at Baton Rouge General Medical Center.
The company plans to conduct a national search...
Rouses Markets plans oasis in north Baton Rouge food desert
Rouses Markets is planning to build a new, full-service grocery store in north Baton Rouge on the northwest corner of Florida Boulevard and North...
Will Louisiana Legislature’s independence live past Democratic governor?
The Louisiana Legislature usually waits until the session’s last moments to pass the state budget. This year, the overwhelmingly Republican Legislature has done so...
Bourbon Society of Baton Rouge is about much more than bourbon
Though we may be a ways away from Kentucky, Baton Rouge is inarguably a home to bourbon—and bourbon lovers.
The Bourbon Society of Baton Rouge,...
Roundup: Starbucks exiting Russia / Diesel prices / ExxonMobil
It’s official: Starbucks announced today that it is officially exiting Russia, with 130 stores run by a licensee there closing, The New York Times...
Oh, no! Not another staycation?
An April study by personal finance site Bankrate finds that 69% of American adults who say they will vacation this summer anticipate making changes...
