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Roundup: Weed on ballot / Twitter layoffs / Exploding air bags
Arkansas to decide: Referendums to legalize recreational use of marijuana are on Nov. 8 ballots in five states including neighboring Arkansas. Along with Arkansas...
US employers added 261,000 jobs in October
America’s employers kept hiring briskly in October, adding a substantial 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture...
Meet the team behind the Zippy’s famous sign and sayings
The 20-something-foot metal marquee sign outside of Zippy’s Burritos, Tacos & More is not afraid to say what everyone else in Baton Rouge is...
Roundup: Holiday sales / Oil prices / Lyft layoffs
Slower pace: U.S. holiday sales are expected to rise at a slower pace this year, a trade group said Thursday, as reported by Reuters....
Inflation puts tighter squeeze on already pricey youth sports
It only took a few seconds for Rachel Kennedy to grab her phone after she left the checkout line at the sporting-goods store, where...
Baton Rouge’s Shake Shack set to start serving up burgers Nov. 14
The grand opening of Shake Shack's first location in Baton Rouge is almost here.
The franchise has announced it will open the doors of its...
BRAC canvas trip: Greenville revitalization spread outward from city center
When your bathroom mirror is fogged up after taking a shower, waving a hair dryer across the entire surface does almost nothing to lift...
Roundup: Power outage / Services industry / Trade deficit
Entergy customers: An equipment failure was the cause of a power outage in Baton Rouge early today, WAFB reports. Entergy customers along South Sherwood...
GOP plans to investigate ‘cancer’ of climate friendly investing
Less than a week before the midterm elections, Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are already gearing up to investigate what they see as “woke...
BRAC canvas trip: Public-private partnerships transformed Greenville’s downtown
Greenville Mayor Knox White, who has been in office since 1995, says the city’s transformation from an empty downtown to a “place where people...
JR Ball: Stormwater-gate spells end for Mayor Broome
Sharon Weston Broome is done as mayor of Baton Rouge.
This is the stark reality after the October massacre that was her double-secret, truth-avoiding, flawed-fee...
US weekly initial jobless claims dip slightly
Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, decreased slightly to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 last week from a revised 218,000 the week before, the...
What eight people who quit their jobs are doing one year later
The Great Resignation neared its peak one year ago when more than 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs. Some left for higher pay, while...
Plans submitted for a new subdivision off Coursey Boulevard
Real estate developer Bearing Point Properties has submitted preliminary plans for the construction of Showtown Cottages, a subdivision to be located behind the Walmart...
New LSU men’s basketball coach preaches financial literacy amid NIL revolution
New LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon says collegiate athletics officials need to eliminate the use of name, image and likeness endorsement deals as...
Roundup: Early voting numbers / Opioid crisis / Netflix with ads
Midterm election: More than 363,000 Louisiana residents cast their ballots for the Nov. 8 election during the early voting period, which ended Tuesday, WAFB...
BRAC canvas trip: How Greenville transformed from a textiles capital to an auto hub
For more than a century, Greenville, South Carolina, and its surrounding counties formed what was considered the textiles capital of the world. Then globalization...
Does the new Jubans live up to its storied history?
Much has changed in the fine-dining world since Jubans first opened 40 years ago. So when the renovated and rebranded restaurant made its modern...
Fed approves fourth three-quarter-point rate increase, hints of smaller hikes
The Federal Reserve lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point to combat inflation and signaled plans to keep raising them, though possibly in smaller...
EBR anticipates $47M tax collection surplus this year
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration is projecting an overcollection of $46.9 million ahead of general fund projections for this year.
As with cities nationwide, East...
