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JR Ball

JR Ball

Baton Rouge

JR spent nearly three decades shaping business and political coverage in Baton Rouge. He was executive editor of Baton Rouge Business Report, spent 4 years with The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, managing the statewide digital news initiative.

Spilling the tea on French Truck

Spilling the tea on French Truck

Make no mistake, Baton Rouge is a coffee city. But for those among us with a refined palate, an affection for their English ancestry and a preference for the joy that is black tea, there's no better cup being steeped in what's nominally a coffee shop

LSU welcomes. Baton Rouge doesn't.

LSU welcomes. Baton Rouge doesn't.

Baton Rouge is missing the chance to tell its story to the audience it craves the most.

The cost of getting old

The cost of getting old

Louisiana is aging faster than the nation, straining a tax code built for a younger state.

A police department as easy as PhD

A police department as easy as PhD

Any Louisiana college president—public or private—can create a fully armed police department with one signature and a $10,000 bond. Why it matters: A state that professes a deep love for small, efficient government responds by making it easier to crank up a new police force than to

Lessons from the perfect storm

Lessons from the perfect storm

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | August 17–23

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | August 17–23

Why it matters: Friday is the week's anchor—the 10th anniversary of the August 2016 flood gets a retrospective at the Observatory, Ghostbusters gets the roast treatment at Manship and the West Baton Rouge Museum hosts an evening of spoken word, art and live music just across the

PSC may go nuclear on you

PSC may go nuclear on you