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Roundup: State of the City / Carbon pollution / Partisan primaries
How’s it going?: Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will give her annual State of the City address to the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge at...
Thinking of starting your own company? Consider these things
After a 13-year career in fundraising, Norisha Kirts Glover realized she was ready for a career change, wanting to take more ownership over her...
Body Sculpt Barre Studio is opening a pop-up studio in Baton Rouge
Body Sculpt Barre Studio, founded in Prairieville in 2013, will open a pop-up studio in Perkins Rowe next month.
The fitness studio, which combines barre...
How the Downtown Development District is tracking visitor trends using AI
The Downtown Development District and Visit Baton Rouge are using artificial intelligence to help shape the future of the Capital City’s downtown life.
As WAFB-TV...
Are banks now gaming the Fed’s rescue program?
An emergency lending program the Federal Reserve created during the 2023 banking crisis has turned into easy money, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The rate...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Is high cholesterol due...
Forty percent of U.S. adults have high cholesterol, and many claim their numbers are a matter of genetics. While it’s true that high cholesterol...
Roundup: Donald Trump / NFL / Presidential election
Hoping for the worst: Former President Donald Trump says that he expects the economy to crash, despite diminishing signs the U.S. is heading for...
Five tips for navigating leadership at a young age
At just 28, Therese Walker is the youngest member of Emergent Method’s leadership team.
Since joining the firm in 2018 as a consultant, she has...
New laws that went into effect in Louisiana this year
Several new laws went into effect in Louisiana, reports the USA Today network, dealing with telehealth services and certain medical treatments for minors, among...
‘225’: Get a first look at the Price LeBlanc PACE Center on opening day
The much-anticipated Price LeBlanc PACE Center opens today in Gonzales after nearly a decade of planning.
The center is located in Heritage Crossing, a new...
US banks’ profits shrink as they brace for souring loans
U.S. banking giants are expected this week to report lower profits for the fourth quarter after they set money aside to cover souring loans...
LaPolitics: Here’s the ambitious agenda for the term’s first special session
We were all expecting Gov. Jeff Landry to issue a special session call on his first day in office so lawmakers could draw a...
How Black entrepreneurship is growing in the Capital Region and beyond
Historically, Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. have had no choice but to navigate an economic landscape marred by systemic barriers to success. From enduring...
Louisiana has newfound power in D.C. Here’s what it could mean
If you perused social media platforms back in October, focusing solely on personalities who make or spend money on Louisiana politics, you would have...
Roundup: Labor rules / Chicken custody / Slow year
Take note: The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step...
Jeff Landry calls special session for new congressional maps
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry wasted no time on his first day in office Monday, calling a Special Session of the Legislature to draw new...
How executives can inspire creativity on their teams
“If strategy tells us what we are going to say and who we’re going to say it to, creative tells us how we’re going...
SafeBR’s next step? Exploring best practices for law enforcement
SafeBR, a coalition of business, government and nonprofit leaders, will launch a law enforcement excellence study this year.
Local, state, and federal law enforcement and...
LSU awarded $780,000 to help Louisiana tribe protect coastal land
LSU is working with the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe in Terrebonne Parish to protect its ancestral lands through a $780,000 design project funded by the...
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Three multifamily properties for sale...
Now available for sale are three properties located within a mile of the LSU campus—2755 Nicholson Dr., 4726 Earl Gros Ave. and 1155 Jim...
