Green Light means GO!
Three years after voters extended a half-cent sales tax to fund more than $500 million in road improvements, the first projects are under way.
Where should a revamped downtown East Baton Rouge Library be located?
Issue: May 06, 2008
Welcome, Albemarle headquarters
Baton Rouge will now be the corporate home for another Fortune 1000 company. Bets are this won't be the last accomplishment of its kind for the economic development team of Gov. Bobby Jindal and LED Secretary Stephen Moret. Also: more complaints about library site, reject St. Gabriel "racino", Louisiana could be the model for national reforms, grass cutting a good step toward privatization, Jindal in the national spotlight and congratulations to new chamber head Adam Knapp.
StartUp
May 6, 2008 issue
Project Home Run
Baton Rouge hits it out of the park, luring Albemarle’s headquarters with a $7 million incentive package.
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Club sandwich
Country Club of Louisiana feels the pinch from seasonal and national trends as well as competition from other luxury communities.
Homes, sweet homes
Jim Tanner has purchased six upscale B.R. homes in the past two years, selling some, trading some and keeping some.
Downtown developments
As Third Street’s fledgling nightlife scene grows, city leaders and business owners want to nip potential safety problems in the bud.
Legal maneuvering
The chancellor of LSU’s law school talks about his first nine months on the job and his hopes and dreams for the institution.
Louisiana’s border wars
From increased penalties for contractors to biometric tracking cards, it was only a matter of time until the state Legislature entered the battle over illegal immigration.
Our prices are insane
The high cost of fuel prompts fleet operators to re-examine how they conduct business.
Keep on truckin’
YD’s Trucking receives a much-needed financial boost as one of the first four recipients of a Seedco Financial small business loan.
Dems brace for revolt
A challenge by three black legislators could wipe out Democrats' dreams of picking up two Congressional seats in Louisiana's fall elections.
The joke’s on us
A 'cutesy deal' in the Senate led to the passage of a bill that would wipe out the state income tax. But the joke is on middle class families, who won't get even a modest tax cut.
Moving up
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