The Baton Rouge nonprofit Walls Project has a new co-executive director, with Ashlyn Harrison, former senior director of ...

State Rep. Dixon McMakin says he hopes that his pair of prefiled legislative bills seeking to alter the control of BREC could ...

A pair of bills filed Thursday could drastically change the way BREC operates. Republican State Rep. Dixon McMakin of Baton ...

Born in Sonsón, Colombia, in 1938, the late Jairo Alvarez was the second-born of 11 children. He and his siblings helped ...

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins will not challenge U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy for his Senate seat next year, he announced Thursday.  In a letter posted on X, Higgins, R-Port Barre, said that although he believes ...

U.S. crude oil inventories rose more than expected last week, The Wall Street Journal reports, while gasoline stocks fell less than anticipated. That’s according to the latest figures released by the ...

Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low. U.S. jobless claims filings rose by 2,000 to 223,000 for the week ending March 15, the Labor ...

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced its support for Constitutional Amendment 2, a key measure in Louisiana’s tax reform efforts. The amendment aims to simplify the state’s tax structure and ...

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February as easing mortgage rates and more properties on the market encouraged home shoppers. Existing home sales rose 4.2% last month from January to a ...

General Dynamics Information Technology in New Orleans filed a WARN notice with the state that it will lay off 77 employees in mid-May. Lafayette-based Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Louisiana ...

Baton Rouge General is among the early adopters of a pilot program aimed at lowering prescription costs for workers by tapping a federal program meant for hospitals serving the poor, The Wall Street ...

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office announced it is transitioning to an online platform for its sheriff’s sale. EBRSO has chosen Bid4Assets, a leading online marketplace for government foreclosure ...