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‘LaPolitics’: Chief of staff sees promise for DCFS reforms
Reforms to the Department of Children and Family Services could be among the unexpected yields from the ongoing regular session of the Legislature, Julie...
How a Zachary founder turned turf into a niche business
The synthetic turf market has experienced steady growth across the U.S. as municipalities and schools embrace its promise of lower maintenance and year-round accessibility.
Zachary...
Roundup: Mall of Louisiana shooting / American unemployment / LA GATOR / Microsoft buyouts
Lockdown: Six people were injured in a shooting inside the Mall of Louisiana Thursday, prompting a lockdown as law enforcement secured the scene and...
How Elite Training Academy plans to turn Baton Rouge into a youth sports destination
Greg Stringfellow has a vision: Transform Baton Rouge into the kind of city young athletes travel to, not from.
A proposed expansion of his Elite...
What should City-Brooks Park be? Planners are getting closer to an answer.
City-Brooks Park is about to get a makeover—and the community will have a say in what that looks like.
Design firm Sasaki, which is leading...
A timber giant’s $1B bet on AI
Weyerhaeuser is betting artificial intelligence can transform one of America’s oldest industries, using data, automation and digital mapping to boost productivity and help double...
An Old Navy collaboration expands this Baton Rouge native designer’s reach
Designer Christopher John Rogers has partnered with Old Navy on a new collection aimed at a broader consumer market, 225 writes.
The collaboration includes apparel,...
Why big deals cost more
Big-ticket mergers are generating even bigger payouts for Wall Street advisers, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Investment banks are increasingly collecting $100 million-plus fees for...
Roundup: State Supreme Court voting / BRPD pay raise / Protections on ballot
Out of the race: Louisiana’s new semi-closed primary system is leaving roughly 100,000 Democratic voters unable to participate in the race for an open...
60-something CEOs are the new norm
The corner office is getting older, Bloomberg writes.
The average U.S. CEO is now 61—up a decade since 2000—and executives are reaching the top job...
Adrian Owen Jones has a strategy for making yourself irreplaceable in the age of...
For much of the general public, it wasn’t long ago that artificial intelligence was considered a vague and distant threat, something reserved for sci-fi...
Have questions about the library millage? Informational meetings start Thursday
In advance of a June vote, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library is launching a series of informational meetings on its millage continuation proposition...
Davante Lewis explains how AI data centers could impact Louisiana utility rates
Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis is urging caution as Louisiana positions itself for a wave of artificial intelligence-driven data center development, warning that the...
Roundup: US crude inventories / Higher ed shake-up / Delta Utilities
Stockpiles rise: U.S. crude oil inventories unexpectedly rose last week as imports increased and exports declined, defying forecasts for a drawdown. The buildup comes...
New exchange aims to turn Texas into an IPO hub
The Texas Stock Exchange is targeting early 2027 for its first IPOs, marking a significant step in its effort to challenge the dominance of...
Meet Jenni Peters, one of the Capital Region 500
Jenni Peters, a former USA Track & Field athlete and a competitor in the first-ever Olympic Marathon Trials in 1984, turned her passion for...
Air Liquide is betting $350M on Louisiana as a manufacturing hub
Air Liquide, a global leader in industrial gases, technologies and services, announced it will invest more than $350 million in Louisiana to expand production...
Roundup: NFL streaming / Clean energy / Tariff refunds
Under scrutiny : The NFL is making its case to federal regulators as scrutiny grows over sports’ shift to streaming. League officials recently met...
Metro Council set to vote on sweeping BRPD pay raise plan
City-parish leaders are framing proposed pay raises for the Baton Rouge Police Department as a critical step to address staffing shortages, improve retention and...
From jet fuel to chewing gum, oil surge drives broader price pressure
It might be hard to imagine the Iran war weighing on stuffed toys with names like Snuggle Glove, Bizzikins and Wobblies, but even plush...
