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New hospital pricing regulation does little to bring cost clarity
A potentially game changing federal rule went into effect Jan. 1, requiring hospitals to make public their negotiated rates with health plans.
Though some of...
Sears in Mall of Louisiana set to close
The Sears department store in the Mall of Louisiana is preparing to close soon, according to job listings posted on the company’s website Saturday.
According...
Weather roundup …
• Louisiana State Police have investigated nearly 75 weather-related crashes caused by a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain in the past 24...
Roundup: Louisiana murder rate / Sen. Bill Cassidy / Lingering virus symptoms
Why state leads: A new story from The New York Times looks at the factors behind Louisiana’s consistently high murder rates. For 31 years,...
Cold weather helps push price of oil to 13-month high
Frigid temperatures across swaths of the U.S. injected new momentum into the rally in energy markets, putting West Texas Intermediate crude on course to...
Delayed census data throws redistricting process for states into chaos
The U.S. Census Bureau won’t be releasing population data needed to redraw state legislative and congressional district boundaries until Sept. 30—six months after that...
Price tag for proposed southeast Louisiana levee system raises concerns
The federal government has proposed building a levee system that could give residents of seven southeast Louisiana parishes the same level of storm flood...
Harveston residential activity progresses; commercial slower to take off
Homes in The Lakes at Harveston—the second residential phase of developer Mike Wampold’s planned community at Nicholson Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard—will come online later this spring, around March or April.
How to fix your pandemic-related shrinking professional network
People’s personal and professional networks have decreased close to 16%—or by more than 200 people—during the pandemic, according to new research from the Harvard...
Four ways to cope with Zoom burnout
In the “Before Times,” video calls for many American workers were a novelty—a rare occurrence you might encounter if, say, cross-country teams couldn't get...
Roundup: Police dogs / Job fair / Avant Organics
Policy change: Baton Rouge police will no longer use K-9 officers when pursuing juveniles, Mayor Sharon Weston Brooome announced today following a special report...
Stantec awarded final professional services contract for LSU lakes project
Baton Rouge-based engineering consulting firm Stantec has been awarded a contract for flood risk reduction design services for the LSU lakes project, marking the...
US salaries recover faster than jobs
In a stark sign of the economic inequality that has marked the pandemic recession and recovery, Americans as a whole are now earning the...
DDD official: Gotcha’s bikeshare expansion will benefit downtown
Following a largely pandemic-triggered surge in ridership, Gotcha Baton Rouge will grow its local footprint in 2021—a move downtown officials believe will benefit the city’s central business district.
One-time tire shredder grant goes to buy insecticide instead
The $600,000 federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that East Baton Rouge Parish left on the table last year, when...
Will these houses make the 10 most expensive home sales list for 2021?
While the most expensive home sold in Baton Rouge in 2020 went for $3.6 million—no small thing in a mid-sized market, where high-end homes...
Electric Depot’s progress hurt by COVID-19, but projected to pick up in 2021
Amid the pandemic, Electric Depot—originally touted as a catalyst for Mid City’s redevelopment—has been slower to take off than anticipated. However, activity could potentially be on the upswing.
Roundup: $19M for Louisiana / Mortgage rates / Federal deficit
Vaccination funding: U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy today announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency is awarding $19.7 million in federal funding for the Louisiana Department...
Businesses need to prepare now for a rise in federal minimum wage
Interest in raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, as President Joe Biden has proposed, has never been greater—even though...
Sports gamblers may have to wait until 2022 to legally bet in Louisiana
Voters in most parishes supported the legalization of sports gambling last Nov. 3, but it may be 2022 by the time bettors are legally...
