B.R., N.O. and Northshore set aside rivalries to flex combined political, economic muscle
Three years into an organized effort to give southeastern Louisiana a more powerful voice in its economic future, leaders of the fledgling initiative say it has found its wings. The Southeast Super-Region Committee, formed to unite the Baton Rouge,...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Home sales in Baton Rouge up 21% in April
With 616 sales recorded as of this morning, 20.8% more homes were sold in April across the eight-parish region tracked by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors compared to the same month a year ago, GBRAR reports. Last April, a total of...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Real Estate Weekly
News roundup: N.D. becomes nation's second-leading oil producer … Fla. county to examine possible theft of BP funds … Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears
Rising to the top: North Dakota has passed Alaska to become the second-leading oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms tells the Grand Forks Herald that North Dakota...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
'Real Estate Weekly': Home sales in Baton Rouge up 21% in April
With 616 sales recorded as of this morning, 20.8% more homes were sold in April across the eight-parish region tracked by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors compared to the same month a year ago, GBRAR reports. Last April, a total of...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
B.R. gas prices down a quarter on the month
At an average price of $3.52 per gallon as of Sunday, unleaded gas at Baton Rouge stations begins the week 5.5 cents lower than it was a week ago, 25.2 cents lower than a month ago, and 28.3 cents lower than it was a year ago. That's according to...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Sorting it out
President Barack Obama signed the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, in March 2010. The rules and regulations of the act, which continue to evolve, are coming down from Washington, D.C. But the implications of those...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Man of the year
David McKey (right), broker-owner of Coldwell Banker One in Baton Rouge, was recently named the 2011 Louisiana Realtor of the Year by Louisiana Realtors. His reward?
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Turmoil at United Way
During her more than three-year tenure as president and CEO of the Capital Area United Way, Karen Profita (right) got high marks for doing precisely what the 30-something member board of directors had hired her to do: namely, be the positive public...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Death and taxes
Two things in life are certain: Death and taxes, as the adage goes.
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Supersized
Three years into an organized effort to give southeastern Louisiana a more powerful voice in its economic future, leaders of the fledgling initiative say it has found its wings. The Southeast Super-Region Committee, formed to unite the Baton Rouge,...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
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