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Issue: March 24, 2009

Batoon Rouge

Batoon Rouge

Stacey Simmons and her Red Stick International Animation Festival are on the digital-effects map with hopes of the city one day being known as … Batoon Rouge


Why would anyone run for office?

Why would anyone run for office?

The vicious state Senate campaign has been unfair to Lee Domingue, who has been a whipping boy, and to voters, who don't have a complete picture of all the candidates.


StartUp

March 24, 2009 issue


Kelwood offices sell

Kelwood offices sell

When Synergy Home Care moved its offices to Tampa, Fla., it vacated two adjoining buildings at 8120 and 8130 Kelwood Ave., off Goodwood Boulevard behind Woman’s Hospital.

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Knapp time

Knapp time

With his one-year anniversary approaching, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s president and CEO is stepping out of his predecessor’s shadow.


What’s on the menu?

What’s on the menu?

Restaurants adjust to the economic downturn by adding low-priced dining options, mixing in items with a better profit margin and serving smaller portions.


Mission: impossible?

Mission: impossible?

A push to trim Louisiana’s list of public four-year universities faces massive political obstacles.


Star power

Star power

A luxury motorcycle builder to the rich and famous gauges the state’s interest in his return to Baton Rouge.


Utility players

Three candidates vie to join the state’s PSC, which has been criticized for its unabashed support of entrenched interests.


Marquis down for count

Marquis down for count

Marquis Magazine has folded after less than a year in publication.


10 questions: William Russell

10 questions: William Russell

The Pennington Cancer Center’s director of radiation oncology sings the praises of the latest technological breakthrough—and its future.


Kicking the habit

Kicking the habit

A new monitoring program makes headway against Louisiana’s illegal prescription drug business.


On the brink

On the brink

The Capital Region nears crisis level after a 40% 
increase in mental health needs since Hurricane Katrina.


Puffing away on sin taxes

Puffing away on sin taxes

State Rep. Karen Carter Peterson wants to curb smoking while bringing in millions in additional revenue by raising cigarette taxes by $1 a pack. But why confine sin taxes only to cigarettes?


State pockets go deep

State pockets go deep

Louisiana's megafund is being tapped to keep the Pilgrim's Pride chicken plant in north Louisiana open. How much longer will it be before the $414 million fund is used to help keep other companies in business?


Letters

March 24, 2009 issue


Company News

March 24, 2009 issue


Moving up

March 24, 2009 issue


Entrepreneur: Linda Perez Clark

Entrepreneur: Linda Perez Clark

The way Linda Perez Clark talks about her first brush with entrepreneurship, it sounds like an extreme sport.


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