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White begins groundwork to fund Central baseball fields if BREC breakup happens
With his bill to break up BREC and create independent parks districts for Central and Zachary sailing through the Legislature, Sen. Bodi White is...
Roundup: BRAC vice president / 1983 flood settlement / Pot decriminalization
Policy focus: The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced that Brace “Trey” Godfrey has been hired to serve as the organization's senior vice president...
St. George organizers plan golf tournament to raise funds for legal costs
Organizers for the prospective city of St. George will hold a benefit golf tournament July 12 to raise funds for legal costs to fight...
Edwards ends nearly all virus restrictions, lifts mask mandate for schools
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that he's scrapping nearly every remaining coronavirus restriction in Louisiana and lifting the statewide requirement that students must...
Mid City Redevelopment Alliance executive director leaving after 15 years
Samuel Sanders, executive director of the Mid City Redevelopment Alliance for the last 15 years, will leave the organization at the end of June,...
Ochsner partners with health startup to offer digital counseling for its employees
Ochsner Health System is rolling out a new digital counseling platform for anonymous group support for its employees through a partnership with wellness startup...
BRG physician launches at-home taste sensitivity kit predicting COVID-19 outcomes
A physician at Baton Rouge General has launched an at-home taste sensitivity kit that can predict COVID-19 outcomes and is being distributed nationally.
Louisiana House GOP group revives invitation-only caucus
A group of more than 30 Louisiana House Republicans has revived The Conservative Caucus and elected as its chairman Rep. Jack McFarland, who says...
Council to consider approving additional rental assistance, naming mosquito agency director
More than 4,600 households in East Baton Rouge Parish remain in need of rental assistance due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Interventional Pain Institute pays $1.38M for Picardy tract
The Interventional Pain Institute has purchased a 2-acre tract on Picardy Avenue, sales documents show.
Pollster Ron Faucheux: What happened to the political center?
There may be fewer middle-of-the-road politicians, but there are more middle-of-the-road voters, Ron Faucheux, pollster, former Louisiana state representative and author of Lunchtime Politics,...
Roundup: LSU 100 deadline / Coastal engineering grant / Amazon and MGM
One week away: The application deadline for the 2021 LSU100 and the LSU Roaring 10 awards is in one week, on May 31. The...
The Modern Debutante brings photo-worthy backdrops to Baton Rouge
Flower and hedge walls, designed for taking photos in front of, are trending at businesses and events across the country. The movable backdrops are...
House passes bill that would hide corporate tax break data from public
House lawmakers have voted 59-38 for a bill that would change the public records law to allow the state economic development agency to hide...
LSU faculty members call for COVID-19 vaccination mandate
A group of LSU faculty members is urging the university to institute a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for students, faculty and staff.
At its Tuesday meeting,...
How Jenni Peters made Varsity Sports a resource for athletes
Five dollars, a T-shirt and some free Miller Lite.
That’s how Jenni Peters’ running career got started. It’s probably not the way most would have...
Baton Rouge-to-beach air shuttle doesn’t take off
Direct air service Southeast Beach Express today announced it is canceling its shuttles from Atlanta and Baton Rouge into Gulf Shores, Alabama, due to...
Baton Rouge restaurants see surge in dining as food distributors face shortages
Diners are making their way back inside their favorite Baton Rouge restaurants in droves as coronavirus restrictions have lifted, but food distributors may not be rebounding fast enough to keep up.
Roundup: Oil and gas recovery / Louisiana elections / Southern University
Rig count: U.S. drillers have added more than 100 rigs so far this year, another sign of the industry’s recovery from the pandemic-driven oil...
After LSU termination, some Taylor Porter attorneys leave adjunct professorships at LSU Law Center
Some Taylor Porter attorneys who also work as adjunct professors at LSU have decided to stop teaching at LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
