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Roundup: Veterans Day / Central Mayor Wade Evans / Air traffic controllers
Holiday closure: City-parish offices will be closed Tuesday for Veterans Day. Emergency services and residential garbage collection will continue, and the North Landfill will...
What the reduction in flights serving major US airports has meant for BTR
The Federal Aviation Administration’s mandate to reduce flights nationwide has resulted in an average of one to two cancellations per day at Baton Rouge...
Customers may soon see their premium credit cards rejected by merchants
Premium cardholders could soon face a rude awakening at the register, The Wall Street Journal writes.
A major settlement between Visa, Mastercard and merchants breaks...
Selective discounting helps cool durable goods inflation in October
Alternative data providers say U.S. consumer durables and personal goods inflation eased in October as retailers leaned more on selective discounting to protect market...
Roundup: SNAP funding / Venture Global / Rotary speaker
Reversal: The Trump administration ordered states to reverse full November SNAP payments after a late Supreme Court ruling, saying only 65% benefits can be...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
Here are the latest issued permits and property transactions in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
Daniel Kennedy Properties LLC purchased...
Flight cancellations expected to drag on after government shutdown ends
The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends.
The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights...
What to expect from next week’s Plan Baton Rouge III community open house
The third and final Plan Baton Rouge III community meeting is slated for next Monday. If you’d like to weigh in on the process,...
This Perkins Road restaurant is closing after eight years
Southfin Southern Poké, Baton Rouge’s first poké restaurant, is serving its final bowls today.
The Perkins Road shop announced on Facebook Friday morning that Nov....
Louisiana initial unemployment claims show little fluctuation
Initial unemployment claims 11/01
Continued unemployment claims 11/01
Zachary retail center acquired by Missouri private equity firm
A St. Louis-based private equity real estate firm has purchased a Walmart shadow retail center in Zachary.
Midwest Retail Properties, also known as MRP Capital...
Roundup: Mike Strain / Consumer sentiment / Flight cancellations
Ag update: Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton...
Where the Tax Foundation’s latest competitiveness index ranks Louisiana
Louisiana’s tax climate is getting more competitive, The Center Square writes.
The Tax Foundation’s new 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index ranks Louisiana 31st—up six spots...
Travelers frustrated as flight cancellations begin
Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale down...
New state privacy law regarding campaign finance records tests transparency
Louisiana’s Board of Ethics is facing a major test over a new privacy law that lets judges—and soon hundreds of other elected officials—demand their...
Treasury wants to know if certain programs for small businesses are being abused
The Treasury Department has launched a sweeping investigation into roughly $9 billion in small business federal contracts, examining whether firms have abused preference-based contracting...
Tight supply, demand drive competition for prime spaces in area retail market
A lack of new retail construction in the Baton Rouge area has tightened supply even as demand remains strong, creating a highly competitive market...
Roundup: Coastal buffer zone / Smitty’s Supply / Christel Slaughter
Fight reignited: Louisiana wildlife regulators have advanced a proposal to shrink the coastal buffer zone for commercial menhaden harvesters—from a half-mile to a quarter-mile...
‘LaPolitics’: A closer look at the final elections of 2025
Early voting is currently underway for the Nov. 15 ballot, which is slated to be the last round of elections in Louisiana this calendar...
How 2025 became a big year for tech in Louisiana
The landmark announcement last November of Meta’s $10 billion investment to build a data center in Richland Parish, along with news two months later...
