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Roundup: A year with COVID-19 / Hazing legislation / VENYU speaker series
Looking back: With more than a half-million vaccinated against COVID-19 in Louisiana as of Monday, the state entered its second year of battling the...
Circle Bowl closing after 62 years
Baton Rouge bowling alley Circle Bowl will close April 1 after six decades in business, the business announced today.
“Shutting the doors on this iconic...
Gas tax will be top business priority when Legislature convenes in April
When the Legislature convenes April 12, a Baton Rouge-based coalition determined to invest in Louisiana’s crumbling roads and bridges will once again push for...
Matador Vodka grows distribution in hopes, aims to become ‘Tito’s of Louisiana’
Bobbie Johnson wants Matador Vodka to be Louisiana’s vodka.
He started Matador Vodka in 2018, becoming the state’s first Black-owned sugarcane vodka company. Ask Johnson...
Roundup: Economic hope / Boys & Girls Club / OMV warning
Reaping rewards: The 21st-century economy has been a two-decade series of punches in the gut. A mild recession was followed by a weak recovery...
US air travel rises to highest levels since pandemic hit
Across the U.S., air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security...
Sources: LSU scandal chilling search for new university president
While LSU continues to battle the fallout from a recent national report detailing the university’s mishandling of Title IX violations and sexual assault allegations, the LSU Board of Supervisors continues its search for a new president
The Iron Fork marks latest tenant to fill old Calendar’s space
A restaurant, meat market and bar called The Iron Fork is moving into a 3,771-square-foot suite in the Beau De Chene Shopping Center on Perkins Road.
Pandemic stresses already-challenged Louisiana seafood industry
The limitations placed on dining, workplaces and businesses to curb the spread of the coronavirus are just the latest in a string of hard...
Rock Paper Taco moving into former Shrimp Basket site on Perkins
Rock Paper Taco plans to open a second brick-and-mortar location in the former Shrimp Basket space on Perkins Road.
The 4,160-square-foot building—located in the Perkins...
Developers buy commercial property in Shoe Creek
Developers are planning to build a commercial development with retail, office and medical space in Central, on a 5.7-acre tract in front of the Settlement at Shoe Creek.
LSU Title IX scandal fallout reaches F. King Alexander at Oregon State
Fallout from LSU’s Title IX scandal has reached Corvallis, Oregon, where a growing number of stakeholders are asking tough questions of Oregon State University...
Does the American Rescue Plan ban state tax cuts?
Many are concerned that states accepting money from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds could be prohibited from implementing tax cuts between now...
Roundup: Vaccine appointments / Early voting ending / Netflix crackdown
Bonus shots: Ochsner opened up hundreds of vaccine appointments this weekend after Louisiana learned it was getting a surprise shipment of more than 5,000...
LSU basketball begins postseason push tonight in SEC tournament
They don’t call it March Madness for nothing.
And the madness doesn’t usually wait for the NCAA tournament to begin. Conference tournaments are taking place...
Forestry losses from hurricanes were double that of industry’s annual revenue
Louisiana forestry’s $1.5 billion in losses from hurricanes was double the amount of revenue the industry generates annually, according to an LSU AgCenter forestry...
Fast-food chains betting drive-thru ordering surge here to stay
Last March, restaurant sales fell sharply after governors banned in-person dining and consumers began working through their glut of stockpiled groceries. But after several...
Poll: Americans back office, travel restrictions for those not vaccinated
A growing number of Americans want to get the coronavirus vaccine, and a majority also support workplace, lifestyle and travel restrictions for those not...
Audit highlights problems with state massage therapy laws, licensing board
Local massage therapists are applauding a recent report by the Louisiana legislative auditor that calls on the state’s massage therapy licensing board to tighten its regulation of the industry.
Roundup: Vaccines at Target / Virus variant / Industry investment
In-store shots: The COVID-19 vaccine is now available in more than 600 CVS in-store pharmacies at Target stores across 17 states, including Louisiana. According...
