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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.

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | June 15–21

📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | June 15–21

Why it matters: Juneteenth brings multiple free community celebrations across the parish, Plan BR III moves toward final adoption and Much Ado About Nothing closes out its inaugural run. 🗓️ Tue.–Wed., June 17–18 🍶 Sake & Omakase—6:30 p.m. 📍 The Teaching Kitchen at Main Street Market, downtown * BREADA&

My day in Melrose Place

My day in Melrose Place

It was a morning well spent on 'the other side' of Florida Boulevard.

Packed house, same debate

Packed house, same debate

Party like a Swede

Party like a Swede

Two peoples not known for being the life of the party. One already has a holiday.

BREC sets the ground rules

BREC sets the ground rules

Thursday's City-Brooks community meeting is structured feedback—not a public debate.

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

Your sunscreen is lying to you.

Same city, different future

Same city, different future

The debate over City-Brooks is really the same fight Baton Rouge has been having with itself for two decades.