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Mukul Verma

Mukul Verma

Mukul Verma has spent three decades telling complex stories and shaping civic projects. He was a reporter at The Advocate and Business Report, and was communications lead at Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
Test planting on Government could fix more medians

Test planting on Government could fix more medians

Mukul Verma 20 May 2026
The backyard bird social club

The backyard bird social club

Baton Rouge sits on a major migration highway—and free apps turn every yard, porch and park into a connection point for millions of birders worldwide.
Mukul Verma 20 May 2026
Aisle be singing

Aisle be singing

Why some people break into song near the orecchiette.
Mukul Verma 20 May 2026
Mind the housing-income gap

Mind the housing-income gap

The gap between home prices and what people earn has nearly doubled since 1950. Baton Rouge's relative affordability comes with the cost of sprawl.
Mukul Verma 19 May 2026
University Lakes system might get a seventh lake

University Lakes system might get a seventh lake

Mukul Verma 19 May 2026
Baton Rouge is spread out, spread thin

Baton Rouge is spread out, spread thin

Baton Rouge has become one of America’s most sprawling cities, spending decades pushing outward one subdivision and strip mall at a time, swallowing vast amounts of land without adding many more people. Now there's a report card for it. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s
Mukul Verma 18 May 2026
Three years of restaurant openings, mapped

Three years of restaurant openings, mapped

A new restaurant is more than a menu. It's a signed lease, a construction loan, and a bet on a neighborhood. We tracked where those bets are being placed.
Mukul Verma 14 May 2026

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