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Build Baton Rouge CEO: A moment of racial reckoning for city
The racial justice activism unfolding around the world is cause for cautious optimism and sober reflection.
Historical context is necessary now more than ever, writes...
White House taps Baton Rouge for one of three coronavirus surge testing sites
Baton Rouge’s four federally backed coronavirus surge testing sites kicked off this morning, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this afternoon, as federal, state and...
First virtual meeting of A6 2.0 attracts nearly two dozen volunteers
Nearly 25 mostly young people hoping to make a difference in Baton Rouge attended the first virtual meeting Tuesday of the civic group A6,...
Roundup: Birth control ruling / Rouses delivery / US vacancy rates
Opt-out: More employers who cite religious or moral grounds can decline to offer cost-free birth control coverage to their workers, the Supreme Court ruled...
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana coronavirus cases topped 70,000 Wednesday, but hospitalizations dropped for the first time since June 27 for a rare bright spot in the...
BRAC’s economic indicator dashboard shows little improvement
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines and assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana launching online volunteering platform
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana today announced a partnership with Taproot Foundation to launch the state’s first dedicated platform for virtual pro...
Edwards rejects pay raise delay for state workers
Louisiana’s state workers will get pay raises this year despite the pandemic’s effect on state revenues, after Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a legislative...
University faculty eye fall semester with trepidation, uncertainty
With colleges and universities set to begin their fall semester in just six weeks or so, there are more questions than answers at this...
Port Allen-based Patin Construction Group breaks ground on 47-acre Houston development
A Port Allen-based construction firm has secured the lead general contract for a 47-acre, mixed-use development near the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
Patin Construction...
Flambée Café rebranding as Pizza Byronz
Flambée Café, in the Village at Willow Grove, is being rebranded and relaunched this month into a new pizzeria concept.
Pizza Byronz, a nod to...
Alford: Legislative session ends as fiscal challenges persist
The Legislature concluded its first special session of the calendar year last week with a balanced budget, but that doesn’t mean the COVID-19 pandemic...
Louisiana sees fifth-largest drop in GDP among states in Q1
Louisiana’s gross domestic product declined 6.6% during the first quarter of the year, fifth-most of any state, according to a U.S. Bureau of Economic...
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana reported a single-day COVID case surge of nearly 2,000 today, the fifth-highest total of the pandemic, while hospitalizations topped 1,000 for the...
Roundup: Rental assistance / Louisiana rice / Absentee ballot deadline
Evictions: Louisiana renters could suffer an avalanche of evictions when a federal moratorium created to provide economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic expires July...
Rep. Garret Graves responds to Trump’s weekend speeches
While some Republicans were perturbed by President Donald Trump’s denunciation of the racial justice movement during his speech Friday night at Mount Rushmore, U.S....
Nearly a dozen Baton Rouge companies receive at least $5M from PPP
Eleven Baton Rouge-based companies received between $5 million and $10 million in Payroll Protection Program funds this spring, according to data made public today...
Virus roundup …
• There were 1,161 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Louisiana today, according to WBRZ-TV. Eight more people have died, bringing total deaths to...
Lululemon applies for commercial plan review permit at Acadian Village store
Lululemon has applied for a “commercial plan review” permit at its location in the Acadian Village Shopping Center on Perkins Road.
John Ranous of Nationwide...
Roundup: Arts Summit / Black Restaurant Week / Uber buys Postmates
Deadline extended: The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is asking for proposals from across Louisiana for the 2020 Arts Summit and has extended...
