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What local car dealers are seeing ahead of new Trump-imposed tariffs
After a slow start to the year, some Baton Rouge car dealers are seeing an uptick in sales leading up to President Trump’s soon-to-be-imposed...
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcement has the global economy on edge
After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to announce a barrage of self-described reciprocal tariffs on...
These local researchers and doctors are trailblazers in precision health care
Imagine walking into your doctor’s office and getting a simple finger-stick blood test that is used to prescribe a personalized diet aimed at optimizing...
Baton Rouge’s Todd Graves is the 293rd richest person in the world
Todd Graves, the founder and CEO of Baton Rouge-born Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, is the 293rd richest person in the world, according to this...
Former Rock Paper Taco property sells for $1.5M
The Perkins Road property that once housed Rock Paper Taco is set to become the first Capital Region location for Vals, a New Orleans-based...
Property housing a behavioral hospital sells for $6.1M
The Baton Rouge Behavioral Hospital property on North Boulevard has changed hands.
Community Development Partners LLC, represented by Elliott Temple, bought the property from Baton...
What February’s jobs report says about the labor market
Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that the job market is slowing but remains healthy. Layoffs of federal workers hit...
State legislators are strategizing on how to rebrand the failed Amendment 2
State lawmakers say this week that they are already working on drafts of constitutional amendments to put on the ballot after voters rejected the...
Roundup: Chevron / Multigenerational housing / More tariffs
Divesting: Chevron has agreed to sell 70% interest in its east Texas gas assets for $525 million, as part of the energy company’s strategy...
AI data center boom promises to transform rural communities
After manufacturers passed over a patch of farmland in Louisiana for nearly two decades, Meta Platforms scooped up the nearly 3,000 acres of flat...
Ascension government buys 80 acres in Geismar for stormwater detention
The Ascension Parish government has acquired 80 acres in Geismar to bolster stormwater detention as part of the East Ascension Drainage Floodplain Management plan.
The...
Roundup: Judge blocks Trump / GDP outlook / Recession fears
Temporary reprieve: A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was targeted...
How the trade wars are impacting American craft brewers
America’s craft brewers already have enough problems. Hard seltzers and cocktails are muscling into beer sales. Millennials and Gen Zers don’t drink as much...
Why a pipeline company is taking an Ascension Parish landowner to court
Houston-based Gulf South Pipeline Co. has filed a lawsuit to take over private land in Ascension Parish so it can relocate a pipeline as...
Judge throws out 2-year-old sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf
A federal district judge threw out a Biden administration sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf, writing that the government failed...
Roundup: Consumer sentiment / Election day / Crawfish prices
Gloomy perspective: Consumers took a gloomier view of the economy in March, according to a University of Michigan’s monthly survey, a slide that economists...
New York nonprofit buys more than 50 acres in Baker
A New York-based nonprofit has acquired 55 acres on Charlton Road in Baker.
Timothy Hill Ranch, an organization providing Christian-centered residential and workforce development to...
This Baton Rouge restaurant will be featured on Food Network
Phil’s Oyster Bar & Seafood Restaurant will be featured on the American food reality TV series “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” on Food Network next...
‘LaPolitics’: Reading the tea leaves from inside the US Supreme Court
On Monday, Louisiana defended its congressional map in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The first words out of Solicitor General J. Benjamin Aguiñaga's mouth...
What the latest numbers from the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge show
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve remained high last month even before the impact of most tariffs has been felt. Americans’...
