Overbuilding and tight credit have caused the bloom to come off the local residential market.
Now that legislators have gotten themselves a pay raise, the state has gone on a spending spree. The response appears to be this: Let's throw taxpayer money at a public opinion problem.
There has been tremendous speculation about what’s really happening in the Baton Rouge real estate market.
A number of new leaders have been hired in Baton Rouge in recent months -- including chancellors at LSU and Southern and a head for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. One of the key changes will be choosing a replacement for East Baton Rouge School Superintendent Charlotte Placide. Picking her successor will be the legacy of the school board. Also: Congratulations to women business leaders, deadline looming for Metro Council seats, at-large seats needed for council, go Tigers!, congratulations to The Advocate and ideas for summer fun.
A former law partner facing his own criminal charges accuses the Adams & Reese firm of racketeering and corruption.
The increased cost of doing business is giving Capital Region restaurants food for thought over raising menu prices.
New Mexico observers rate the future LSU chancellor’s performance as NMSU president.
The fledgling East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority is tasked with facilitating the return of some vacant or blighted properties to productive use.
Lawmakers head home after three consecutive sessions and a massive workforce development plan that’s still to be implemented.
If you watch WAFB-TV, you might have noticed the Double Day restaurant promotions on the Thursday noon newscasts plugging half-price coupons for local restaurants and other small businesses.
There is plenty of financing available for small businesses that want to position for growth.
A massive voter registration drive is adding Democratic voters and giving voting registrars across the state headaches, because of incomplete and bogus applications. This could lead to problems at the polls this election day and probably won't help Sen. Barack Obama's local presidential bid. But it might be the key for Sen. Mary Landrieu's re-election -- if the new voters show up.
June 17, 2008 issue
June 17, 2008 issue
June 17, 2008 issue
Scott McKay started Purple & Gold, an LSU sports magazine, in 1997 to challenge the more-established Tiger Rag.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposes that college teams graduating fewer than 40% of their student-athletes should be banned from postseason play. Is this a good idea?
