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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.
Downtown living

Downtown living

Plan Baton Rouge III is betting that downtown can be a place where life happens, not just shared experiences.
JR Ball 07 Jun 2026
Good fences, worse neighbors

Good fences, worse neighbors

Privacy is fine. Isolation isn't. There's a difference.
JR Ball 04 Jun 2026
Capital Region jobs hit record high

Capital Region jobs hit record high

A construction boom is doing the heavy lifting. That's not the same as a diversified economy.
JR Ball 04 Jun 2026
A model conservancy

A model conservancy

Done right, a conservancy transforms City-Brooks and the University Lakes into a public asset that belongs to everyone.
JR Ball 03 Jun 2026
EBR corruption probe, explained

EBR corruption probe, explained

JR Ball 03 Jun 2026
Research pays off

Research pays off

Integer Technologies will pay an average salary of $130,000 as it expands its LSU research operation. The new positions, tied to AI and autonomous defense systems, pay about twice the average East Baton Rouge Parish wage. Why it matters: The announcement offers another sign that LSU’s growing research
JR Ball 03 Jun 2026
What would Olmsted do?

What would Olmsted do?

As Baton Rouge considers the future of City-Brooks Park, there are grander lessons to learn from the father of American landscape architecture.
JR Ball 02 Jun 2026

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