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## Posts
- [Lessons from the perfect storm](https://www.redeyebr.com/lesson-flood-2016-baton-rouge-braf-brac-canvas-trip.md) - Baton Rouge rallied in unity a decade ago, but then receded back into division with the floodwaters.
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | August 17–23](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-week-at-a-glance-august-17-23.md) - Why it matters: Friday is the week's anchor—the 10th anniversary of the August 2016 flood gets a retrospective at the Observatory, Ghostbusters gets the roast treatment at Manship and the West Baton Rouge Museum hosts an evening of spoken word, art and live music just across the bridge. The week cl…
- [PSC may go nuclear on you](https://www.redeyebr.com/psc-entergy-nuclear-ratepayer-fee.md) - A 20-cent monthly fee would pay for Entergy's next big bet.
- [The algorithm will see you now](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-algorithm-will-see-you-now.md) - With AI, Louisiana may accelerate its already aggressive strategy to get rid of hepatitis C.
- [Field of screens](https://www.redeyebr.com/field-of-screens.md) - Illinois is on a run. The size of its new scoreboard is a bet that the team will win many more football games.
- [A lesson in accountability](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-government-budget-accountability.md) - Baton Rouge's government is a maze. Chelsea has a map.
- [Fate of Mike Johnson](https://www.redeyebr.com/fate-of-mike-johnson.md) - If the GOP loses in the midterms, the House Speaker from Louisiana is likely to face one of three fates.
- [Pete Bush pours a comeback](https://www.redeyebr.com/pete-bush-bamvino-wine-lsu-baseball-cabernet.md) - The former LSU first baseman swings for the fences with his BamVino wine label.
- [Cane, meet Destiny](https://www.redeyebr.com/cane-meet-destiny.md) - Galvez Rum is the most recent distillery making rum. A visit to its tasting room will show why it won medals at the international spirits competition this year.
- [Going big on the bluffs](https://www.redeyebr.com/going-big-on-the-bluffs.md) - A building boom at Southern will make room for more academics, more students.
- [In BRAF we don't trust](https://www.redeyebr.com/braf-baton-rouge-city-park-lsu-lakes-trust.md) - A new trust survey lands on the region's most influential nonprofit right as it's asking for more authority, not less.
- [Better parks with upkeep](https://www.redeyebr.com/better-parks-with-upkeep.md) - BREC's new boss says the problem isn't what the parks system is building. It's taking care of what it already owns.
- [A crowded beat](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-crowded-beat.md) - A crowded beat East Baton Rouge Parish is patrolled by 11 different law enforcement agencies. Why it matters: Between five incorporated cities, three university campuses and a scattering of special-purpose authorities, EBR residents can cross a jurisdictional line just walking down the street—each…
- [An unexpected burger](https://www.redeyebr.com/an-unexpected-burger.md) - The American burger on Superior's menu is as delicious as the tasty Mexican fare.
- [Roux's first day, less scary](https://www.redeyebr.com/changemaker-julie-becnel-rouxs-first-day-highland-elementary.md) - Sixty-four kindergartners at Highland Elementary started the school year with a little extra armor against first-day jitters, courtesy of a hometown author and a squad of local changemakers. Julie Gerdes Becnel, who wrote Roux's First Day, teamed up with the Baton Rouge Alliance for Students and CH…
- [Roads crumble despite billions](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisiana-roads-bridges-crumbling-backlog-federal-money.md) - Billions in new federal highway money haven't slowed Louisiana's road and bridge backlog. It's more than doubled since 2021.
- [Snowball's chance in summer hell](https://www.redeyebr.com/el-nino-baton-rouge-weather-winter-mardi-gras-snow.md) - With Baton Rouge baking under an unrelenting summer blowtorch and America sweating through its hottest July on record, let's get giddy about the possibility of winter weather in South Louisiana. This isn't a mirage of a sun-fried brain, but it could actually happen ... maybe. The Washington Post is…
- [Cane's: Have it your way](https://www.redeyebr.com/canes-have-it-your-way.md) - Raising Cane's turned 30 by focusing on one love: chicken fingers. But fans have turned the menu to 11.
- [Louisiana's AI double bet](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisiana-data-centers-oil-gas-petrochemicals-industry-air-quality.md) - AI was supposed to diversify Louisiana's economy beyond oil and gas. New research suggests it may be doing the opposite.
- [Nicholson Drive's new path](https://www.redeyebr.com/nicholson-drives-new-path.md) - A busy area near LSU will be improved with a complete streets project.
- [VBR, Butch Spyridon take center stage](https://www.redeyebr.com/vbr-butch-spyridon-take-center-stage.md) - The visitors bureau and the leader who turned Nashville into a tourist destination are taking over the Raising Cane's River Center.
- [Life after five](https://www.redeyebr.com/life-after-five.md) - An apartment development on an entire block of downtown is inching forward.
- [The fast and unmonitored](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-fast-and-unmonitored.md) - Baton Rouge argues over red light cameras. Evidence from Ontario shows that cameras reduce lawbreaking.
- [When can we stop talking about Cyclospora?](https://www.redeyebr.com/when-can-we-stop-talking-about-cyclospora.md) - You would think modern science could have vanquished the nasty parasite by now, along with public discussions of unmentionable things that happen in bathrooms. Not yet. The cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce from central Mexico has caused more than 6,700 illnesses and 11,500 add…
- [Matt McKay, community builder, died after a long illness](https://www.redeyebr.com/matt-mckay-community-builder-died-after-a-long-illness.md) - A stake driven into the earth usually tells us where something ends. Matt McKay saw, instead, the place where something might begin. That was how he understood Ardendale: an ambitious attempt to create a Baton Rouge neighborhood where families of different incomes could live beside one another—and…
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | August 10–16](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-events-community-lasm-manship-august-10-16.md) - Why it matters: Two new exhibitions open at LASM Saturday—including the Blue Dog's Baton Rouge debut—and the Perseid Meteor Shower peaks that same night. Friday is impossibly packed with a local film premiere, a flashlight walk through the swamp and a talent competition downtown. 🗓️ Friday, August…
- [Goodbye Cox, hello Spectrum](https://www.redeyebr.com/goodbye-cox-hello-spectrum.md) - What the change means for those still using Cox services.
- [School daze](https://www.redeyebr.com/k-12-baton-rouge-school-year-starts-earlier.md) - The heat, the history and the Mardi Gras math behind an ever-earlier school year.
- [St. George zoning fight heads to court](https://www.redeyebr.com/st-george-zoning-court-kleinpeter-baton-rouge-lrk.md) - Both sides have filed their arguments—and LRK is using St. George's own sworn responses to make its case.
- [Justice for a fee](https://www.redeyebr.com/justice-for-a-fee.md) - A little-known justice system office keeps the legal system moving, but at a big cost to defendants.
- [LSU's ranked gauntlet](https://www.redeyebr.com/lsus-ranked-gauntlet.md) - Let's admit it, the Tiger football team faces a brutal schedule this season. Good luck thinking that will temper expectations.
- [Live single, keep your jingle](https://www.redeyebr.com/live-single-keep-your-jingle.md) - Baton Rouge is the nation's second-most affordable major city for going solo. Even Carrie Bradshaw could afford it here.
- [Tide and punishment](https://www.redeyebr.com/tide-and-punishment.md) - You need a successful private equity deal to pay for the best seats when LSU plays Alabama
- [Chili, chocolate and the world's longest flight](https://www.redeyebr.com/chili-chocolate-and-the-worlds-longest-flight.md) - Come October 2027, Qantas will fly Sydney to London nonstop, the longest scheduled flight on Earth. The airline spent a decade figuring out how to keep passengers sane for the 22-hour ride. Nearly a full day in a metal tube is exactly as rough as it sounds. Qantas knows this. So instead of pretendi…
- [Hot shot](https://www.redeyebr.com/here-comes-the-sun-2.md) - Scientists just got their best look at the sun’s surface and revealed that it was hiding serious Van Gogh energy. Astronomers released photos yesterday that were snapped by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui. The images were taken while technicians were fine-…
- [Progress gets detention](https://www.redeyebr.com/progress-gets-detention.md) - The indictment of Baton Rouge’s superintendent threatens a rare spell of progress for EBR Schools.
- [Who can you trust?](https://www.redeyebr.com/who-can-you-trust.md) - Given the indictments, firings and very public fumbles, it's a question in search of an answer.
- [Cross the damn bridge](https://www.redeyebr.com/cross-the-damn-bridge.md) - Plume is the best Indian restaurant in Louisiana, and it isn't in Baton Rouge. It isn't even run by an Indian chef.
- [The Partnership's unspoken truth](https://www.redeyebr.com/greater-baton-rouge-economic-partnership-brac-job-search-lori-melancon.md) - The Capital Region's economic development organization has begun the search for its next leader. Top among the needed qualifications: Getting along with LED.
- [Cheesecake Lab has the formula](https://www.redeyebr.com/cheesecake-lab-has-the-formula.md) - Start a conversation about carrot cake and the room warms up. Everybody has a favorite, and everybody knows the place that makes it best. Mention cheesecake, and the quarreling begins. Cheesecake draws out strong—and strongly negative—opinions. It’s pasty. Gummy. Eggy. Too rich. But even people who…
- [BREC plots retirement switch](https://www.redeyebr.com/brec-plots-retirement-switch.md) - BREC wants out of the old pension. It thinks it can save $16 million doing it.
- [Let the kids play](https://www.redeyebr.com/let-the-kids-play.md) - Louisiana leads other states; the law here requires public schools have recess.
- [EBR rethinking neighborhood schools](https://www.redeyebr.com/ebr-rethinking-neighborhood-schools.md) - A rare realignment of the schools is a chance for the system to educate children and spark communities.
- [How other systems are managing closed schools](https://www.redeyebr.com/how-other-systems-are-managing-closed-schools.md) - EBR is in the midst of a master plan for facilities. Other systems are mostly turning closed schools into housing
- [The invention that birthed McMansions](https://www.redeyebr.com/mcmansions-baton-rouge-gang-nail-plate-home-construction.md) - Give thanks to the gang-nail plate.
- [Where the dancing horses went](https://www.redeyebr.com/where-the-dancing-horses-went.md) - For two decades from 1927, children in Baton Rouge’s City Park paid a nickel to ride hand-carved horses beneath a pagoda roof. A brass organ wheezed; riders reached for a brass ring to try and win a free ride. Then the carousel vanished. Its 54 horses had traveled before. The carnival ride came fro…
- [LSU sports ventures into new capital](https://www.redeyebr.com/lsu-sports-venture-capital-football-lane-kiffin.md) - A venture fund raising $100 million for the athletic department has been launched. The meeting at the governor's mansion this week may be about what comes next.
- [Look ma, no steering wheel](https://www.redeyebr.com/look-ma-no-steering-wheel.md) - The government allows robotaxis with no mechanical controls. It signals a wider change in mobility and how we will live.
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | August 3–9](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-events-august-3-9-symphony-manship-theater.md) - Why it matters: Saturday at Manship is one of the most loaded single days of the summer—Harry Potter, a free artist talk, a R-rated comedy-adventure and a 25-year-old cult classic all under one roof. The week opens with a moving piece of Louisiana history at the Old Governor's Mansion. Bonus: Enjoy…
- [Red dots, Red Stick roots](https://www.redeyebr.com/measles-bill-cassidy-vaccination-robert-f-kennedy-baton-rouge.md) - Doctors with deep Baton Rouge roots helped fuel the vaccine retreat behind the nation's worst measles outbreak in 35 years.
- [The other big LSU football donor](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-other-bi.md) - Holden Spaht reportedly ranks among the LSU football program’s top donors. But even his gifts totaling millions represent only a small fraction of his estimated $4.9 billion net worth, according to Forbes. Spaht is a managing partner at Thoma Bravo, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused…
- [Death of a popular buffet](https://www.redeyebr.com/death-of-a-popular-buffet.md) - Sopapillas, screwdrivers and a grand piano on Government Street
- [Perk Up Perkins goes national](https://www.redeyebr.com/perk-up-perkins-smart-growth-america-complete-streets.md) - Two mothers' push for a safer crosswalk is being celebrated as a national "complete streets" success story.
- [A calming influence](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-calming-influence.md) - Pennington-led study finds THC calms people with dementia
- [An urban farm for all](https://www.redeyebr.com/an-urban-farm-for-all.md) - A community garden at Howell Park is place to plant seeds, learn crafts, drive an EV, eat a snowball, strike a yoga pose.
- [Running wild](https://www.redeyebr.com/running-wild.md) - Jenni Peters has built a community around running. They travel well together.
- [Our state of nuclear waste](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisiana-nuclear-waste-storage-jeff-landry.md) - Louisiana wants to become the nation's home for spent nuclear fuel.
- [Mayor could lose top staff member](https://www.redeyebr.com/mayor-could-lose-top-staff-member.md) - Lon Vicknair will run for mayor of Central in November election. He represents Sid Edwards on BREC.
- [America’s startup boom reaches Baton Rouge](https://www.redeyebr.com/americas-startup-boom-reaches-baton-rouge.md) - Americans are applying to start businesses at record levels. East Baton Rouge Parish is sharing in the surge, though its growth trails the nation’s, Census data shows. Why it matters: New business applications signal more than economic health. They also reflect optimism, access to capital, friendly…
- [Every bot a king](https://www.redeyebr.com/every-bot-a-king.md) - The Old Governor's Mansion will hold an event that includes a bot that is trained to mimic Huey Long.
- [She shoots, LSU scores](https://www.redeyebr.com/she-shoots-lsu-scores.md) - LSU's Angel Reese has her own Barbie, and LSU gets more national exposure.
- [The Pittsburgh playbook](https://www.redeyebr.com/pittsburgh-baton-rouge-downtown-plan-baton-rouge-iii.md) - Downtown's next decade may run on the same financing tools—and the same squabbles—the Steel City is dealing with.
- [Protecting industry from climate change](https://www.redeyebr.com/protecting-industry-climate-change-louisiana-jeff-landry.md) - Louisiana was months ahead in a fight that's now gone national.
- [Sunshine is free](https://www.redeyebr.com/sunshine-is-free.md) - Powered by solar energy, renewables will overtake coal as top source of electric power worldwide.
- [All in on the fries](https://www.redeyebr.com/all-in-on-the-fries.md) - At the new Southdowns Grille, the chef takes his time with the fries. Try them with bubbles.
- [We never outgrow stickers](https://www.redeyebr.com/we-never-outgrow-stickers.md) - Do your civic duty; boast about it.
- [Sid Edwards: My bad](https://www.redeyebr.com/sid-edwards-baton-rouge-st-george-lawsuit-parish-attorney.md) - The mayor offers a public apology and gives his two cents on when St. George became a city.
- [NYT: La.'s secrecy, incentives land Meta](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisiana-secret-incentives-meta-ai-data-center.md) - The state gave away billions in incentives to win a data center to overcome poverty.
- [The price Ryan Clark paid](https://www.redeyebr.com/ryan-clark-fired-espn-pivot-nfl-lsu.md) - The former NFL analyst and LSU defensive back gets emotional discussing his firing from ESPN.
- [Kindness is the superpower](https://www.redeyebr.com/kindness-is-the-superpower.md) - Batman and a pregnant woman board a train. Commuters become more generous.
- [St. George's existence: a legal explainer](https://www.redeyebr.com/st-georges-existence-a-legal-explainer.md) - A lawsuit over a zoning dispute has surfaced a far bigger question—one that could have financial consequences for both St. George and the city-parish government.
- [Texas, the renewable energy state](https://www.redeyebr.com/texas-renewable-enegy-state-louisiana-wind-solar.md) - The Lone Star state leads the nation in renewable energy. Meanwhile, Louisiana clutches to its oil patch.
- [It's going to be brutal outside](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-weather-monster-heat-dome-high-temperatures.md) - Ever thought about what it's like for the crawfish entering the pot? Anyone outside in Baton Rouge this week is about to find out. Something dubbed a "monster heat dome"—the strongest on the planet right now—has decided to call the central U.S. home this week, and Louisiana's forecast high tops out…
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | July 27–August 2](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-events-to-do-july-27-august-2.md) - Why it matters: Sunday is a rare convergence of Free First Sunday programming across the city—robots at the Mansion, Back to School Bash at the Shaw Center and a camp performance at Manship. The week opens with Louisiana's healing plants and closes with the robot revolution. 🗓️ Tuesday , July 28 �…
- [Back off beaver; hello Dolly](https://www.redeyebr.com/dolly-parton-tennessean-travel-stop-baton-rouge-buc-cees.md) - Dolly Parton's roadside empire has glitter, gospel murals and a Baton Rouge coffee deal. Buc-ee's, watch your back.
- [Housing Authority goes big](https://www.redeyebr.com/housing-authority-goes-big.md) - Under construction now, Ardendale will have more than 100 acres for development north of Florida Boulevard. An Atlanta project is the inspiration.
- [When art earns its keep](https://www.redeyebr.com/regenerative-art-baton-rouge-stormwater-air-quality.md) - Baton Rouge already loves public art; it can ask it to do more.
- [The Zen of Lane Kiffin](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-zen-of-lane-kiffin.md) - Lane Kiffin has gone quiet. LSU’s head football coach trolled on social media, where more than 1.1m people followed him. His posts included poems and encouragement, jokes and kind words about his former wife, scenes from Baton Rouge’s St Patrick’s Day parade, glimpses of private jets ready to carry…
- [Burger and a beer, tasty at almost any price](https://www.redeyebr.com/burger-and-a-beer-tasty-at-almost-any-price.md) - We recommend the Overpass Merchant burger, with cheese and onion jam.
- [Five Guys walk into a Radiohead problem](https://www.redeyebr.com/five-guys-walk-into-a-radiohead-problem.md) - BR Tribute band OK Imposter set out to play the hardest catalog in modern rock. Nearly 300 people showed up to hear them try.
- [City-parish joins St. George lawsuit](https://www.redeyebr.com/city-parish-joins-st-george-lawsuit.md) - Baton Rouge is now asking the same question as the Kleinpeter family: When did St. George legally become a city?
- [Mitch McConnell to BR firm: can it](https://www.redeyebr.com/mitch-mcconnell-to-br-firm-can-it.md) - A federal ban would kill Indigo, a pioneer in the THC drinks market that is growing fast.
- [Obamacare sticker shock hits Baton Rouge](https://www.redeyebr.com/obamacare-sticker-shock-baton-rouge-insurance.md) - Congress let the subsidy lapse, and families got hit with the bill.
- [An education in default](https://www.redeyebr.com/an-education-in-default.md) - More than one in four Louisiana residents—27%—with federal student loans are in default, the second-highest rate in the country; only Mississippi (28.3%) is worse. About 187,000 Louisiana borrowers are more than a year behind on their payments, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal d…
- [General Tso is on the march](https://www.redeyebr.com/general-tso-is-on-the-march.md) - Asian restaurants are riding a national trend, opening even more dining establishments in Baton Rouge.
- [You don't got mail](https://www.redeyebr.com/you-dont-got-mail.md) - Twice a week is plenty for the mailbox these days. Wait much longer and it's just political fliers stacking up—proof the box has turned mostly into ad space. Advertising mail climbed to 62% of everything that lands inside, says USPS's own household mail survey, more dominant than it was 15 years ag…
- [14 cents](https://www.redeyebr.com/14-cents.md) - How 75 years of decisions left the city-parish government broken and financially paralyzed.
- [Younger people flocking to birding](https://www.redeyebr.com/younger-people-flocking-to-birding.md) - People in their 20s are playing chess and bingo, and packing trivia nights. They have taken up birding, too. Why it matters: Perhaps the generation supposedly lost to smartphones was never lost at all. Younger people are putting down their phones—or using them as tools—to reconnect with nature, com…
- [Food stamps fall. Poverty remains](https://www.redeyebr.com/food-stamps-fall-poverty-remains.md) - About 170,000 Louisiana residents are no longer on food stamps, a consequence of the federal budget bill passed in summer 2025.
- [Table for one](https://www.redeyebr.com/tabl.md) - Before RedEye, I worked in a cubicle-filled office where there was always another meeting, always a question in need of an answer, always a looming deadline. It was great. To quote Hyman Roth in The Godfather Part II, "This is the profession we have chosen." But, at times, it could be a bit much. M…
- [The long road to Troy](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-long-road-to-troy.md) - Want to watch Odyssey in 70MM glory? Get on a horse and ride.
- [Learning from the creative class](https://www.redeyebr.com/learning-from-the-creative-class.md) - Young professionals are looking for something the state's biggest economic development wins may not deliver.
- [Bogarting THC drinks](https://www.redeyebr.com/bogarting-thc-drinks.md) - A federal ban could remove the popular, mildly-intoxicating drinks from the shelves by the holidays in Baton Rouge.
- [Sparks for a civic life](https://www.redeyebr.com/sparks-for-a-civic-life.md) - Baton Rouge's Fourth of July celebration drew a bigger crowd this year, with about 6,800 people gathering on the downtown levee for the fireworks show. Why it matters: Cities work best when people leave their homes and share public spaces. Festivals and civic celebrations help people meet neighbors…
- [The day City Park belonged to everyone](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-day-city-park-belonged-to-everyone.md) - BREC invited everyone to use the park. 800+ showed up.
- [Meet the real George O'Neal](https://www.redeyebr.com/meet-the-real-george-oneal.md) - A member of LSU's '58 title team, the developer paved the way for St. George to become a city.
- [A housing shift that could matter greatly in South Louisiana](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-housing-shift-that-could-matter-greatly-in-south-louisiana.md) - Landmark federal legislation could lower costs of manufactured homes in a state that needs more affordable housing.
- [A pint with a view](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-pint-with-a-view.md) - “Would I like a beer garden in the front of my house? You damn straight I would. I would love to move to an urban environment and have something like that, where I could walk to the grocery store or I could walk to the coffee shop. ..So the answer is yes.” — BREC chairman Mike Polito, answering a c…
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | July 20–26](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-week-at-a-glance-july-20-26.md) - Why it matters: Wednesday is the week's anchor—a rare joint Metro Council meeting, the final public input session on St. George's 25-year growth plan and a BRFF filmmaker forum all land on the same night. The weekend brings a packed Saturday with something for everyone. 🗓️ Monday, July 20 🌮 Tequi…
- [Knight moves](https://www.redeyebr.com/knight-moves.md) - Baton Rouge's newest third place doesn't serve drinks. It has 64 squares.
- [Perkins keeps waiting](https://www.redeyebr.com/perkins-keeps-waiting.md) - One crosswalk got funded in months. The reason it's still not built is stalling every street safety fix in the parish.
- [Wildflowers in the median](https://www.redeyebr.com/wildflowers-in-the-median.md) - Grass is growing fast in public spaces. Some cities are going "No Mow." Could it work here?
- [Mobile gets on board](https://www.redeyebr.com/mobile-gets-on-board.md) - The Alabama city sees train service as a chance to add more to downtown.
- [A good walk not spoiled](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-good-walk-not-spoiled.md) - Off busy Essen and near the interstate, there's a peaceful place to visit with plants and birds
- [Mike Polito is now one of them](https://www.redeyebr.com/mike.md) - He warned Baton Rouge about this guy. Now he is this guy.
- [St. George tries to bring order to Siegen Lane](https://www.redeyebr.com/st-george-tries-to-bring-order-to-siegen-lane.md) - A federal grant and local funding will retrofit the ramshackle 1.3 miles from I-10 to Airline.
- [The weight begins to shift](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-weight-begins-to-shift.md) - GLP-1s appear to be flattening Louisiana’s obesity rate—good news for patients, though not yet for health-care budgets.
- [Cyclosporiasis, yuck](https://www.redeyebr.com/cyclosporiasis-yuck.md) - LSU AgCenter offers advice to keep the parasite away
- [Restaurant week: a few suggestions from us](https://www.redeyebr.com/restaurant-week-a-few-suggestions-from-us.md) - Some local eateries will have prix-fixe menus next week, a chance to spend a little and try dishes that are not on the regular menus. Go someplace you haven't been.
- [Round and round Livingston goes](https://www.redeyebr.com/round-and-round-livingston-goes.md) - Livingston hates change. The traffic didn't leave it a choice.
- [A park in the rough](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-park-in-the-rough.md) - BREC's meeting about the future of City-Brooks Park is a stuck record, except for new information about the profitability of the golf course.
- [Baton Rouge is king](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-is-king.md) - Construction is building the state's fastest-growing job market.
- [Cheap but not good](https://www.redeyebr.com/cheap-but-not-good.md) - Baton Rouge's cost of living runs 10% below the national average and 7% below the rest of Louisiana, according to RentCafe's 202. Why it matters: People choose a place to live for two main reasons: it's affordable and life there is good. East Baton Rouge Parish has half that equation in its favor.…
- [The whole game, two fingers and a hip](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-whole-game-two-fingers-and-a-hip.md) - Baton Rouge has a pinball bar. It's on Government Street, and it's better than your childhood remembers.
- [Todd Graves' dinosaur, in plain sight](https://www.redeyebr.com/todd-graves-dinosaur-in-plain-sight.md) - Dinosaur fossils are often hidden away. Baton Rouge has one you can see for the price of LASM admission.
- [St. George blocked from rezoning Kleinpeter land](https://www.redeyebr.com/st-george-blocked-from-rezoning-kleinpeter-land.md) - A Baton Rouge judge on Monday signed an order preventing the city from taking any action on the family's land at the I-10/Pecue Lane interchange.
- [Your turn, Baton Rouge](https://www.redeyebr.com/your-turn-baton-rouge.md) - The City-Brooks Park master plan, the golf course, the conservancy—BREC hears it all tonight.
- [Same bridge, same problems](https://www.redeyebr.com/same-bridge-same-problems.md) - A new Mississippi River bridge is still needed, the options still won't fix Baton Rouge traffic, and the money to build it still doesn't exist.
- [Louisiana's AI bet](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisianas-ai-bet.md) - The state is attempting to diversify again. The deals are getting done, and the markets will ultimately decide if the investments will pay off.
- [BREC's Leslie Knope moment](https://www.redeyebr.com/brecs-leslie-knope-moment.md) - The parks department is giving the public a chance to speak up about City-Brooks Park, but it may become an airing of grievances.
- [LSU builds a better wait](https://www.redeyebr.com/lsu-builds-a-better-wait.md)
- [Picking up Baton Rouge](https://www.redeyebr.com/picking-up-baton-rouge.md) - Keep Tiger Town Beautiful has now collected more than 46,000 bags of litter from Baton Rouge streets since the volunteer effort launched in January 2021. Why it matters: Four years of early mornings and weekend cleanups have turned one volunteer effort into one of Baton Rouge’s most visible civic s…
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | July 13–19](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-week-at-a-glance-july-13-19.md) - Why it matters: A consequential week for City-Brooks Park, a packed Saturday and Brit Floyd closes out Sunday night at the River Center. 🗓️ Wednesday, July 15 🍷 Taste Like a Somme—Teaching Kitchen at Main Street Market—6:30 p.m. * BREADA's Summer Culinary Series continues with Level 3 Sommelier S…
- [Soft paws, hard power](https://www.redeyebr.com/soft-paws-hard-power.md) - That cat grooming you see, it could be a deception.
- [Dear future Americans: we had stationery](https://www.redeyebr.com/dear-future-americans-we-had-stationery.md) - A time capsule was buried last week. It includes many letters and proclamations, and an unusual poster from a Louisiana artist.
- [Hot summer nights](https://www.redeyebr.com/hot-summer-nights.md) - One might think a 73.8-degree night sounds rather balmy after a Baton Rouge afternoon of triple-digit temperatures and humidity thick enough to chew. But you would be wrong. Why it matters: The average July nighttime low looks deceptively pleasant. But the hot reality is that overnight heat—not the…
- [Drinks all around](https://www.redeyebr.com/drinks-all-around.md) - Baton Rouge is not New Orleans, where drinking follows tourism. Alcohol sale locations here are oriented around LSU and neighborhoods.
- [The ascent of man](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-ascent-of-man.md) - At Uptown Climbing, the challenge of going vertical could also win you a sticker.
- [Disconnect the dots](https://www.redeyebr.com/disconnect-the-dots.md) - Baton Rouge loves sticker boards in its planning processes, but there's a smarter way to gather input.
- [Sole searching](https://www.redeyebr.com/sole-searching.md) - Is it the shoes? Yes, it is
- [Under the overpass](https://www.redeyebr.com/under-the-overpass.md) - Civic leaders pushed for a beautiful pedestrian link to the Perkins Road Overpass. The project begins, with a couple of issues to be decided.
- [No more secret agents](https://www.redeyebr.com/no-more-secret-agents.md) - NIL agents having to register with the state is the latest sign that college and even high school athletics are forever changing.
- [The off-season case for New Orleans](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-off-season-case-for-new-orleans.md) - Five New Orleans places to eat this summer, when the city slows, hotels are less expensive and reservations are not needed.
- [Field of schemes](https://www.redeyebr.com/field-of-schemes.md) - Summer baseball is hot. But not if you are eating cheap burgers and margaritas.
- [A conservancy to consider](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-conservancy-to-consider.md) - Houston's Buffalo Bayou offers a blueprint for a conservancy Baton Rouge could trust.
- [A dead corner gets a builder](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-dead-corner-gets-a-builder.md) - Brew-Bachers will be converted to a corporate office of a construction firm, which chose Government Street for its location and restaurants.
- [A novel turn of events](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-ov.md) - Barnes & Noble is growing again, and so are independent bookstores—a twist in an age when fewer Americans read books.
- [The pretzel gets its due at Mid City Beer Garden](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-pretzel-gets-its-due-at-mid-city-beer-garden.md) - The pretzel is a dry and second fiddle to chips almost everywhere. At Beer Garden, it's among the best snacks in the parish.
- [Pickleball, but make it gangster](https://www.redeyebr.com/pickleball-but-make-it-gangster.md) - Promoters turn the popular sport into an event, with the best players secretly asked to attend and prizes handed out in stacks of one dollar bills.
- [Transfer of blame](https://www.redeyebr.com/transfer-of-blame.md) - Developer-built roads in EBR Parish are failing at 10 years. Taxpayers are picking up the tab.
- [BREC: the high price of excellence?](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-high-price-of-competence.md)
- [St. George: signs, signs, everywhere signs](https://www.redeyebr.com/st-george-signs-signs-everywhere-signs.md) - St. George is getting new street signs, a move to create its own identity. Social media is divided.
- [Take me home … ranch dressing](https://www.redeyebr.com/take-me-home-ranch-dressing.md) - Somewhere between the goals, the group-stage upsets and knock-out round tension, ranch dressing became the unofficial mascot of America's World Cup summer. A Dallas Fort Worth airport shop is now stocking bottles of it, Axios reports, right next to the jerseys and scarves—proof that when the world…
- [Stars, stripes and shrugs](https://www.redeyebr.com/stars-stripes-and-shrugs.md) - American pride is flagging. Women and younger people show the greatest declines in
- [A different Lake project](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-different-lake-project.md) - FMOL Health plans to invest about $70 million to renovate the former Bone & Joint Clinic into the new home of the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute, with the project expected to open in 2028. Why it matters: The investment is the latest sign that the Capital Region’s largest health systems cont…
- [Kenilworth Parade: Men in hats](https://www.redeyebr.com/men-in-hats.md) - The parade has oddities: children rising in balloons; politicians with elephants; men in tiny cars.
- [A frank discussion](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-frank-discussion.md) - The Chicago dog. Loaded just right, sports peppers and no ketchup.
- [The Jaguar stirs](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-jaguar-stirs.md) - Enrollment has been growing at Southern, reversing a decline that threatened the university. New housing will be built soon.
- [The Texas myth](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-texas-myth.md) - Louisiana politicians love invoking Texas, but they're dreaming an impossible dream.
- [Supercharged El Niño is likely coming](https://www.redeyebr.com/supercharged-el-nino-is-likely-coming.md) - Baton Rouge will get a jumble of weather, thanks to a somewhat rare weather phenomenon.
- [Outwitting the mosquito](https://www.redeyebr.com/outwitting-the-mosquito.md) - You can kill many of them. How to handle the itch from ones that get sneak past your defense.
- [Woody's world](https://www.redeyebr.com/woodys-world.md) - Julie Letlow won in East Baton Rouge, but Woody Jenkins made sure it was a close call.
- [Great expectations for the library](https://www.redeyebr.com/great-expectations-for-the-library.md) - The system can now return to its mission: spreading knowledge so civilization can march on.
- [Data centers are here. Louisiana can leverage the AI investments](https://www.redeyebr.com/data-centers-are-here-louisiana-can-leverage-the-ai-investments.md) - St. Francisville is getting a $10 billion facility and 75 permanent jobs. The state has a $50 million head start on creating more opportunities
- [The ugly truth about watermelon](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-ugly-truth-about-watermelon.md) - Choosing a ripe watermelon requires old wives’ tales, farmer wisdom and a willingness to admit you don't know better.
- [The Dewey Decimal System gets some love](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-dewey-decimal-system-gets-some-love.md) - EBR voters renewed the library tax by the widest margin in at least 30 years—and it wasn't close.
- [Two cities, two votes](https://www.redeyebr.com/two-cities-two-votes.md) - Central said no to everything. Baton Rouge called a truce long enough to say yes.
- [Taxes, no questions asked](https://www.redeyebr.com/taxes-no-questions-asked.md) - COA tax passes, showing compassion but also the power shift to older people
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | June 29–July 5](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-week-at-a-glance-june-29-july-5.md) - Why it matters: It's a holiday week—Baton Rouge goes all out for America's 250th birthday and the calendar reflects it. The Red Stick Farmers Market shifts to its Thursday location at Pennington Biomedical this week (8 a.m.–noon, July 3); the Saturday market is closed for the Fourth. 🎆 Fourth of J…
- [America at 250 road trip](https://www.redeyebr.com/america-at-250-road-trip.md) - Driving for the 4th of July holiday. RedEye has some advice to ease your road trip.
- [LSU roars into AI](https://www.redeyebr.com/lsu-roars-into-ai.md) - The university is building an AI ecosystem—and parents are now part of it.
- [How to celebrate 250 in BR](https://www.redeyebr.com/how-to-celebrate-250-in-br.md) - From Repentance Park to L'Auberge, Baton Rouge has its own way of marking 250.
- [The beautiful game meets the thirsty republic](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-beautiful-game-meets-the-thirsty-republic.md) - Baton Rouge soccer fans are rallying around their futbol teams, one pint at a time. And a few places to watch World Cup games.
- [To boldly find](https://www.redeyebr.com/to-boldly-find.md) - LSU researchers are part of team that is searching for planets, detecting them by microlensing.
- [Landry's game of thrones](https://www.redeyebr.com/landrys-game-of-thrones.md) - The governor's two new board appointments give him control over LSU not seen since Huey Long.
- [Taxed, or just frustrated](https://www.redeyebr.com/taxed-or-just-frustrated.md) - Baton Rouge voters spent decades building the tax system they now curse.
- [Louisiana gets wired](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisiana-gets-wired.md) - The share of Louisiana now served by high-speed internet is 93%, up considerably due to state and federal programs. Why it matters: Broadband offers many benefits, and one key area it improves is public health. People with high-speed internet can apply for benefits, find support programs, meet with…
- [A new speakeasy, no password necessary](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-new-speakeasy-no-password-necessary.md) - Circa owners are opening Hearsay, a sumptuous cocktail den. Tired spouses of shoppers are welcome to sit and sip.
- [Brutalist brouhaha](https://www.redeyebr.com/brutalist-brouhaha.md) - Baton Rouge's town hall is designed in a style that rankles people. So is Pennington Biomedical.
- [Baton Rouge's dependency intervention](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouges-dependency-intervention.md) - New White House rules threaten the money that funds everything from roads and drainage to violence prevention and affordable housing.
- [Relatively cheap power, for now](https://www.redeyebr.com/relatively-cheap-power-for-now.md) - Baton Rouge residents pay less for electricity, but demand for data centers and LNG exports could change that
- [Asia meets Mexico under the Overpass](https://www.redeyebr.com/asia-meets-mexico-under-the-overpass.md) - At Chow Yum, the Taco Tuesday menu includes a taco with consommé that will make you linger. I'll get the tikka con queso next time.
- [LSU's other football factory](https://www.redeyebr.com/lsus-other-football-factory.md) - Golden Girls and Tiger Girls are regulars on cheerleading squads in the NFL. Some have reached the pinnacle team: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
- [EBR's mayors are talking](https://www.redeyebr.com/ebrs-mayors-are-talking.md) - Quiet cooperation among EBR's five mayors is producing results—a modest proposal to take it further.
- [AI breakthrough is complicated for Louisiana](https://www.redeyebr.com/ai-breakthrough-is-complicated-for-louisiana.md) - The state could lose its water advantage in luring data centers. But that's good or bad, depending on where you stand on the issue.
- [Where the money went](https://www.redeyebr.com/where-the-money-went.md) - An orphan well cleanup effort became a case study in weak oversight.
- [Scoop shock](https://www.redeyebr.com/scoop-shock.md) - Even ice cream isn't cheap anymore. Now is not the time for this.
- [BR power shifting as parish gets older](https://www.redeyebr.com/br-power-shifting-as-parish-gets-older.md) - A declining birth rate and more Boomers will continue to give more power to older people here and around the U.S.
- [Government Street gets a pilot landscape project](https://www.redeyebr.com/government-street-gets-a-pilot-landscape-project.md) - Volunteers replanted a dying median on the main road, a possible model for replanting the length of the road
- [BRCC's new growth tool?](https://www.redeyebr.com/brccs-new-growth-tool.md) - A new state law enables the creation of economic development districts around the community college and all state higher education institutions.
- [Electric short circuit](https://www.redeyebr.com/electric-short-circuit.md) - Louisiana is one of six states with zero EV policies—and the infrastructure to match.
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | June 22–28](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-week-at-a-glance-june-22-28.md) - Why it matters: Saturday is one of the most event-packed days of the summer—Pride Fest, Dino Day, KnockFest and Muddy Water all land on the same day, and the June 27 ballot puts three critical EBR tax renewals before voters. 🗓️ Monday, June 22 🎭 Riverdance 30: The New Generation—7:30 p.m. 📍 Rais…
- [Time feels short](https://www.redeyebr.com/time-feels-short.md) - About 60% of full-time working parents say they spend too little time with their children, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, and most cite work obligations as the reason. Why it matters: For millions of families, the challenge isn’t simply earning a living or raising children—it’s find…
- [Roar of a Tiger](https://www.redeyebr.com/roar-of-a-tiger.md) - (See the full interview on YouTube.)
- [Where Baton Rouge blends](https://www.redeyebr.com/where-baton-rouge-blends.md) - Coffee shops have become where Baton Rouge puts community on display.
- [To the left, to the left](https://www.redeyebr.com/to-the-left-to-the-left.md) - He studies pedestrian dynamics, and has walked right into question that has no answer yet
- [Let them eat local](https://www.redeyebr.com/let-them-eat-local.md) - McDonald's has fried pie. Baton Rouge restaurants have more interesting and better desserts.
- [He had us at barometric pressure](https://www.redeyebr.com/he-had-us-at-barometric-pressure.md) - How hurricanes are named, and a Baton Rouge boy who became semi-famous as a national forecaster
- [Edwards: City Park course stays](https://www.redeyebr.com/edwards-city-park-course-stays.md) - The mayor's voice carries clout, but he's pitching what Sasaki is already selling.
- [Our nursing home disgrace continues](https://www.redeyebr.com/our-nursing-home-disgrace-continues.md) - Other states have proven there's a better way. Louisiana has a lobby.
- [Stop paving the problem](https://www.redeyebr.com/stop-paving-the-problem.md) - Permeable parking lots won’t solve flooding on their own, but they can stop it from getting worse.
- [Dining's dog days](https://www.redeyebr.com/dinings-dog-days.md) - During the slow season, Baton Rouge restaurants and their workers need your business. Tips for dining well and helping restaurants too.
- [Emerging opportunity](https://www.redeyebr.com/emerging-opportunity.md) - First Tuesday's biggest service day of the year is looking for a few good volunteers.
- [Catalyst before capital](https://www.redeyebr.com/catalyst-before-capital.md) - Developers make it clear they need a reason to bet on downtown before they'll do so.
- [Walking without worry](https://www.redeyebr.com/walking-without-worry.md) - Baton Rouge is perilous for pedestrians. City and state officials are trying to make it safer. Here are a few more ways to keep walking from becoming an act of faith.
- [LSU professors chosen as Guggenheim Fellows](https://www.redeyebr.com/lsu-professors-chosen-as-guggenheim-fellows.md) - The Guggenheim Foundation handed fellowships to Jeremiah Ariaz and Maurice Carlos Ruffin—money, time, and a title that never expires.
- [A biscuit crossed the basin](https://www.redeyebr.com/a-biscuit-crossed-the-basin.md) - A Lafayette breakfast shop brings tasso gravy, fig preserves and a following to Baton Rouge’s West Lee corridor.
- [Building Gaudi, brick by brick](https://www.redeyebr.com/building-gaudi-brick-by-brick.md) - For those devoted to puzzles, a challenge in three-dimension from toymakers in Billund, Denmark.
- [The public gets its turn](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-public-gets-its-turn.md) - BREC will host a forum for City-Brooks Park and allow public comment—as long as it's civil.
- [The Lake builds an offense](https://www.redeyebr.com/the-lake-builds-an-offense.md) - FMOL Health is spending big in its effort to remain the market-share leader in health care.
- [Happy in the basement](https://www.redeyebr.com/happy-in-the-basement.md) - Louisiana ranks as the nation's worst state in a new report, but residents don't seem to mind.
- [Road diet needs greens](https://www.redeyebr.com/road-diet-needs-greens.md) - Volunteers can help to replant a median on Government Street, the start of a green makeover for most of the the thoroughfare
- [Industrial-size concern](https://www.redeyebr.com/industrial-size-concern.md) - The Southern Hills Aquifer faces a far bigger threat than the data centers making headlines.
- [Louisiana got one right](https://www.redeyebr.com/louisiana-got-one-right.md) - The state is one of just four mandating full coverage for menopause—and it got there first.
- [📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | June 15–21](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-week-at-a-glance-june-15-21.md) - 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 *…
- [Three parishwide taxes, one ballot](https://www.redeyebr.com/three-pariswide-taxes-one-ballot.md) - The library, BREC and the Council on Aging are all asking for your vote on June 27. There’s a school tax in Zachary too.
- [My day in Melrose Place](https://www.redeyebr.com/day-in-melrose-place-north-baton-rouge.md) - It was a morning well spent on 'the other side' of Florida Boulevard.
- [Packed house, same debate](https://www.redeyebr.com/packed-house-same-debate.md) - The information and the conflict remain the same with City-Brooks Park, with a conservancy question looming large.
- [EBR Animal Control has some thoughts](https://www.redeyebr.com/ebr-animal-control-has-some-thoughts.md) - Some public officials who oversee childhood vaccinations avoid talking about them. East Baton Rouge Parish Animal Control has taken a different approach with pets, and it's refreshing.
- [Party like a Swede](https://www.redeyebr.com/party-like-a-swede.md) - Two peoples not known for being the life of the party. One already has a holiday.
- [Wisdom of the Mexican restaurant line](https://www.redeyebr.com/wisdom-of-the-mexican-restaurant-line.md) - Caldo de Res is as good as someone's mamma's gumbo. Try the version from Ideal Market first.
- [Working 9 to 5? Dolly's got Community Coffee](https://www.redeyebr.com/working-9-to-5-dollys-got-community-coffee.md) - America's favorite country singer and philanthropist will serve Baton Rouge-based Community at her new highway stores.

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