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
A model conservancy
Done right, a conservancy transforms City-Brooks and the University Lakes into a public asset that belongs to everyone.
EBR corruption probe, explained
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
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.
Teachers get paid. Schools pay.
Gov. Jeff Landry wants to preserve teacher stipends by redirecting $168 million from Louisiana’s public school funding formula.
Wings and things
Where the butterflies choose you