Leave the drone at home
Fly a drone near Tiger Stadium this season, and law enforcement won't just tell you to land it. They can jam it, hack it, seize it and come after you for a fine of up to $4,000, up to two years behind bars or both.
Why it
JR Ball
Goodbye daylight, hello football
Baton Rouge saw its last 8 p.m. sunset of 2026 on July 30, and true to form, it left without so much as a goodbye.
From here, it's a slow bleed. A few minutes a night, every night, until the Earth tips us toward the winter solstice
Who is Hunden Partners?
The Chicago firm is working on every stop on Baton Rouge's "string of pearls."
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.
Baton Rouge is missing the chance to tell its story to the audience it craves the most.
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
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