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Can BR embrace change?
Baton Rouge has the ingredients. Using them requires something harder.
College's value under scrutiny
Downtown beat
Fixing Florida Boulevard, not the divide
For the birds
A small bet on walkable Baton Rouge
988 lowering youth suicides
📉 Good number: 11%
That is the drop in suicide rates among young people since the federal 988 crisis hotline launched, according to research released last week.
Researchers made a strong case that 988 helped drive the decline. They found that states with more hotline calls saw larger drops in youth
A gentle and hopeful corner of the Internet
Sports, Incorporated
📅 Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | April 27–May 3
Why it matters: Bob Dylan opens the week, a prog rock legend closes Tuesday and two nights under the planetarium dome round out one of the strongest cultural weeks of the spring.
🗓️ Monday, April 27
🕯️ Candlelight Vigil: Mall of Louisiana—6 p.m. 📍 Mall of Louisiana, near Main Event entrance
Down the rabbit hole
The algorithm led me to Gettysburg. I never left.
City-Brooks plan searches for solid ground
Two festivals, one weekend
Festival International and Jazz Fest are both within 90 minutes. Here's what to know.
Rails to riches
Field of dreams, with backing
Metro Council approves taxing district near LSU
The Bayou Fountain Economic Development District can take incremental sales and hotel taxes to build a sports tourism facility, a dream of local tourism leaders.
The other cost
The air monitoring debate is about data and regulation. It's also about who chooses to move here—and why.
Who's measuring the air?
Louisiana has a system for monitoring air quality near its industrial corridor. Depending on who you ask, it's either rigorous or riddled with gaps.
From the Levant to Louisiana
In Baton Rouge, Lebanese food feels so familiar that it's easy to forget where it came from and who brought it here. A shawarma plate at lunch. Hummus on the table, with no one thinking of describing it as foreign.
Lebanese immigrants began arriving in Louisiana in meaningful
Tart watermelon ice cream. Yes!
Step aside Blackout Chocolate Cake, at least for the summer. Watermelon taffy is here.