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Social Coffee, which currently serves its coffee and espressos from a counter at Chow Yum Phat on Perkins Road, is moving into a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Baton Rouge.

The old Rama Thai Cuisine building near the Perkins Road overpass is slated to be demolished, public records show.

Woman’s Hospital, H&E Equipment Services and Materra Development have filed a petition with the city-parish seeking annexation for their respective properties into the city...

Across the country, furniture retailers are reporting monthslong delays in every step of the supply chain—from overwhelmed factories to clogged ports—amid surging demand for...

Folks are in a tizzy because of the revelation during last fall’s political campaign that the 4,600-square-foot home, nestled on the shores of the...

The multiple properties comprising the former Cortana Mall have been sold to Amazon.com Services LLC for more than $17.25 million, according to documents filed...

In the wake of today’s report into LSU’s mishandling of sexual abuse complaints, the university announced several changes, including the establishment of a new Office of Civil Rights and Title IX and the temporary suspensions of two high-ranking athletic department officials, Verge Ausberry and Miriam Segar, who were cited in the Husch Blackwell report for their mishandling of sexual abuse complaints against football stars Drake Davis and Derrius Guice.

After weeks of decreases, initial unemployment claims in East Baton Rouge Parish rose for the week ending Feb. 27 as the economy continues to struggle amid the pandemic.

New program: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the launch of a new program that will provide financial assistance to Louisiana renters and landlords experiencing...

Through nearly two decades of optimism and risk-taking, Brandon Landry has turned his own underdog story into a profitable, Baton Rouge-based enterprise that’s on...

Lafayette-based food delivery service Waitr announced Thursday that it is pursuing a partnership to begin delivery for cannabis dispensaries, The Daily Advertiser reports. The partnership...

Like most things this past COVID-riddled year, the Louisiana Marathon will look a lot different when it kicks off this weekend. Luckily for runners, the...

“If significant changes are not made quickly, East Baton Rouge Parish runs the risk of becoming one more large urban school system that is...

North Louisiana-based First National Bank is expanding into the Baton Rouge market with a branch on Corporate Boulevard.

COVID-19 restrictions: State Rep. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, along with 32 other Louisiana legislators, has signed a letter asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to...

Attorney General Jeff Landry announced this morning he’s backing a $100 million settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and mining corporation Freeport McMoRan to...

Trying to get more coronavirus vaccines in arms, Louisiana is using nearly half its first shipments of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to...

A new study by researchers at Tulane University finds that the state’s 2016 expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has had a significant impact in reducing what hospitals spend caring for uninsured patients.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to cut jobs despite...

When Veneeth Iyengar, the city’s departing assistant chief administrative officer, takes over the state’s new broadband and connectivity initiative next month, he’ll be heading...