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This new rule should make it easier for many to get a small business...
Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, as...
A local energy expert says this about Biden’s coastal drilling plan
A local energy industry researcher says, despite both praise and criticism of President Joe Biden’s executive order banning offshore drilling in huge swaths off...
Roundup: Online sales / Oil prices / St. George mayor
Holiday spending: Online spending rose 8.7% during the holiday season from last year, as deals and the use of AI-powered chatbots helped inspire purchases....
‘LaPolitics’: Associations face leadership changes in new year
While other changes across the association landscape are still likely in 2025, the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association has already selected its next executive director and...
One key sticking point remains as talks resume with dockworkers
Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut down ports on...
Why the US job market is weaker than it appears
While the U.S. economy has added more than 2 million jobs over the past year, a growing number of those out of work are...
See who Mayor Edwards has tapped to serve as his chief of staff
East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards on Monday named Lon Vicknair as his chief of staff.
Vicknair retired as a naval officer after 20...
Hillar Moore sounds the alarm on his office’s underfunding
East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore has issued a stark warning about the financial challenges facing his office.
Speaking at the Press Club...
This development is being proposed near Nicholson and Burbank
A new seven-story multifamily student housing development is proposed for Nicholson Drive.
The Planning Commission will review the final development plan for the Sterling Southgate...
Roundup: Freeze warning / AI in homes / Fed official exiting
Dipping into the 20s: With local temperatures predicted to drop into the 20s, the National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory for...
See which state just got sued for forcing companies to pay climate change costs
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil...
Sides set to resume talks as another port strike looms
The International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance are set to resume contract talks on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
Talks between the ILA, which...
A multifamily property in south Baton Rouge just sold for $6.7M
An apartment complex on Gardere Lane near Burbank Drive changed hands after a Metairie-based private multifamily real estate investment and management company acquired it.
Cypress...
Roundup: Oil and gas / Crime update / Streaming merger
Industry predictions: International benchmark Brent crude will average $65 a barrel this year as new oil production from non-OPEC countries outstrips the growth in...
New law will boost Social Security benefits to thousands of Louisianans
Millions of Americans will receive their full earned Social Security benefits after President Joe Biden signed a bill by former Baton Rouge Congressman Garret...
What a ban on new drilling in most US coastal waters would mean for...
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible...
This Mid City spa is returning to its downtown roots
Mid City’s The Emporium Signature Spa is opening a location downtown.
Operations Manager Emily Hutchison tells Daily Report that the new spa will open at...
The historic Spanish Town Market is reopening this year with new ownership
After closing its doors in October, the former Spanish Town cafe Belli is reopening under new ownership and a new name: Spanish Town Market...
Notable Baton Rougeans share their New Year’s resolutions
Whether you subscribe to the “new year, new me” mentality, create a vision board or choose a word as a mantra, the beginning of...
What a voting rights advocate is saying about Louisiana’s redistricting case
While the U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t set a date yet for when it will hear the challenge against Louisiana’s majority-Black 6th Congressional District, a...
