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Baton Rouge restaurants, grocers deal with food shortages, price hikes
As restaurants struggle to stay afloat amid the pandemic, juggling workforce shortages, health concerns and restrictions that limit the number of customers they can...
City-parish announces start of traffic signal upgradesÂ
The Broome administration announced today it has begun work on some $40 million in traffic signal upgrades that are part of the total $1...
Baton Rouge leaders, Ochsner Health launch COVID-19 prevalence studyÂ
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, Ochsner Health, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Pennington Biomedical Research Center today announced the launch of a Baton Rouge...
Water Campus partners with LED, Port of New Orleans for smart port initiative
Baton Rouge-based The Water Institute of the Gulf, the Port of New Orleans and Louisiana Economic Development have partnered on a new smart port...
Virus roundup …Â
• The Louisiana High School Athletic Association voted today not to allow high school football games to be played until the state enters phase...
Roundup: SEC meeting / K-Paul’s closing / Analog DevicesÂ
Fall football: SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is meeting with the league’s athletics directors today to discuss various scenarios about the 2020 football season, but...
Despite failures in oil and gas industry, top execs still getting huge bonusesÂ
Oil and gas companies in the United States are hurtling toward bankruptcy at a pace not seen in years, driven under by a global...
JR Ball: The power of a nameÂ
The building of monuments and statues or affixing someone’s name to a building or street is about memorializing history, but it’s also about power...
As COVID-19 cases spike, Louisiana hospitals worry about remdesivir supply
Hospital officials from across the state expressed their concerns to Gov. John Bel Edwards Wednesday morning regarding the continued access to the treatment remdesivir,...
Virus roundup …Â
• State Treasurer John Schroder today encouraged Louisiana business owners to visit the Main Street Recovery Program's new website: www.louisianamainstreet.com, to find out if...
Roundup: Hollydays event / TikTok ban / Producer prices Â
Moving online: Junior League of Baton Rouge today announced that its annual holiday market fundraiser, Hollydays, will move to a hybrid format, including a...
NFIB Survey: 46% of businesses that applied for federal aid anticipate needing more funds  Â
The National Federation for Independent Business today released a survey updating the state of small business and financial assistance programs including the Paycheck Protection...
How Cameron Jackson got started on Millennial Park mixed-use developmentÂ
A Baton Rouge native, Cameron Jackson moved to Houston during childhood before football took him to Liberty University in Virginia. After two years, he...
Graves introduces bill shielding small businesses from COVID-19 liabilityÂ
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, has introduced a bipartisan bill that would protect small businesses and their employees from being sued over issues...
How the plan to revitalize a vacant north Baton Rouge medical facility came together
Today’s announcement that Oceans Healthcare, Capital Area Human Services, Ochsner Health, and the Louisiana Center for Eyes would occupy the vacant New Era Medical...
Wampold submits site plan for South Tower
Baton Rouge developer Mike Wampold has submitted the site plan for his planned renovations to Chase South Tower downtown, according to online records.Â
According to...
City of Baton Rouge gets annexation petitions from 15 Willow Ridge residents
Fifteen property owners in Willow Ridge subdivision in the prospective city of St. George—more than one-third of the total in the 41-lot development—have filed petitions requesting annexation into the city of Baton Rouge.
Roundup: Louisiana Democratic Party / Joe Burrow fund / Libbey layoffsÂ
Leadership change: Karen Carter-Peterson of New Orleans won't run for another term as chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party, The News Star reports. Peterson,...
Virus roundup …Â
• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,843 new COVID-19 cases today and 16 new deaths. WAFB-TV has the full report. Â
• Despite Louisiana's surging...
Hood Container announces $50M mill expansion
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Hood Container Senior Vice President Wayne Morgan today announced the company’s paper mill in West Feliciana Parish will complete...
