For a portion of the community, artificially inseminating cows, scooping up road kill, making boudin or cleaning chimneys is all in a day’s work. These are dirty jobs, but …
Voters in the Republican and Democratic primaries have tough choices to make on April 5. But Laurinda Calongne and Michael Jackson are the ones who would do the best job of representing the 6th Congressional
District. Also: Street gets to work as inspector general, eliminate legislative Tulane scholarships and the School Board wins the tax battle, but the war to capture the hearts of citizens goes on.
March 25, 2008 issue
One of the most innovative projects in the Baton Rouge market in several years has been the Crescent at University Lake Condominiums.
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Frustrated business owners call for a ‘sense of urgency’ to complete the road-widening project.
Central reports no problems in its first few weeks of outsourcing municipal services to CH2M HILL.
Congress considers ‘interchange fees’ that are passed from credit card companies to merchants to consumers.
March 25, 2008 issue
BRAF launches a program, CityStats, to show us where we’ve been, how far we’ve come and where we need to go.
District 12 residents, angered by Mickey Skyring’s support of Rouzan, want the Metro Councilman out of office sooner rather than later.
For Privé co-owners, coming up with the right merchandise formula was one of the biggest obstacles of starting their new business.
Even though it’s eating away at Louisiana, coastal erosion is also creating a new billion-dollar industry and reshaping a vital segment of state government.
Two veteran broadcasters are returning to their roots on the local airwaves, both bringing considerable experience and clout with them to their hometown.
Wester aware of the obstacles he—and the community—face as Our Lady of the Lake’s incoming president and CEO.
Our Lady of the Lake tries an innovative tactic to cover shifts amid a chronic shortage of nurses.
Richard Gill, one of the executives who helped make The Shaw Group a Fortune 500 company and a lover of all things LSU, died last week. The world is a little less bright today.
The Legislature has passed Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan for a private school tuition tax break. It's too small to be called a back door approach to private education vouchers, but it could lead to more programs to help children stuck in failing public schools.
March 25, 2008 issue
March 25, 2008 issue
Before the oil bust of the early 1980s, Ward Bond was a developer and a property owner who owned the Hotel Maison de Ville in New Orleans.
Where should a revamped downtown East Baton Rouge Library be located?
