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Roundup: Hurricane season / Auto repair costs / Prada buys Versace
La Niña exits: The weather-roiling La Niña weather pattern has ended, returning equatorial Pacific temperatures to a neutral state that could portend an active...
Inflation was down sharply in March. Here’s why
U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas, airline fares, and hotel rooms fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even...
How the tariff threat is impacting local Asian markets and convenience stores
In President Trump’s tariff-for-tariff escalation with China, he announced Wednesday that he was upping the levy on goods from that nation to 125%.
As Asian...
Roundup: Stocks soar / Emissions regulations / Teacher stipends
Rebound: U.S. stocks are soaring on a euphoric Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he would temporarily back off on most of...
Trump pauses tariffs on most countries but intensifies trade war with China
Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised...
A first look at TBR Books and Tea
A new bookstore with a sprawling selection of reads and artisanal teas is set to open this weekend in Baton Rouge, 225 writes.
Located next...
What the EU plans to do in response to Trump’s tariffs on steel and...
European Union member states have voted to approve retaliatory tariffs on $23 billion in goods in response to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on...
Roundup: US port fees / Chase’s Jamie Dimon / Mortgage rates
Taking a second look: The Trump administration is reportedly revising its plan to impose steep port fees on Chinese-built vessels to lessen the impact...
This legislative proposal looks to alter the makeup of the LPSC
State legislators this spring will consider a proposal to allow the governor to add two-at large seats to the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Louisiana...
A roundup of the Capital Region’s latest medical technology and developments
Not many hospitals can legitimately claim to be one of the world’s best. But one in Baton Rouge can—five times over. Woman’s Hospital has...
Last week’s Chevron verdict draws varied reactions
A Plaquemines Parish jury decision last week for Chevron to pay $745 million in damages has drawn fierce reactions from industry allies, legal reform...
Traction steps up its game in Ascension Parish
Traction Sports Performance has officially expanded into Ascension Parish, opening an 11,400-square-foot facility last week on West Outfitters Drive in Gonzales, near Cabela’s and...
Roundup: Federal workers / Mortgage rates / Easter spending
Revoked: The Supreme Court has lifted a lower-court order that directed the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 federal employees it fired, with justices...
A local lawmaker is proposing giving student-athletes a tax break
State Rep. Dixon McMakin, R-Baton Rouge, is proposing Louisiana college athletes receive a state income tax break on money earned through name, image and...
Roundup: BREC at Rotary / ExxonMobil / Stocks rise
Guest speaker: Corey Wilson, executive director of BREC, will speak at the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge on Wednesday afternoon. The Rotary Club meets...
‘LaPolitics’: Capitoland plots fiscal session in wake of failed amendment
After voters spat out their attempt to overhaul the article of the Constitution that governs revenue and finance through a single amendment, lawmakers are...
Are Louisiana lawmakers still eyeing income tax cuts?
Despite facing a $194 million budget shortfall, the push to reduce—and perhaps eventually eliminate—Louisiana’s personal income tax remains very much alive.
That’s according to state...
Roundup: Buyer’’s market / Retirement strain / Power surge
Spring shift ahead: Signs of a more buyer-friendly housing market are emerging in time for the spring homebuying season. Home prices are rising more...
Geismar property housing Marucci Sports sells for $34.5M
The property housing Marucci Sports' 200,000-square-foot facility—along with two other tenants—in the Rivermark 185 Industrial and Logistics Park development in Geismar has changed hands.
A...
How Capital Region physicians are pushing against insurance treatment limits
Capital Region physicians and other health care providers say they must navigate a landscape that is increasingly cumbersome, requiring more prior authorizations and additional...
