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Homeownership in BR is now a luxury

The typical Baton Rouge household can't afford the typical Baton Rouge home

311 tells on Baton Rouge

The biggest complaints residents send to City Hall are not glamorous. They are the daily irritations that make a place feel worn down. The big picture: East Baton Rouge residents mostly use 311 to ask city-parish government to do the basics, consistently and well, a RedEye analysis shows. By the

Your bill tells a different story

Entergy has built its business on the Walmart model—low prices, heavy consumption. Your bill is the receipt.

Perils of a good breakfast

A friend is worried RedEye is about to ruin a good thing. Too many people will find out about breakfast at City Pork, and the place will fill up with the rush of discovery. Then he’ll have to fight for a seat, and a place he treasures for its

BR angry driving explained

Long and hard to spell word says it all about the psychology of rage

Holi draws bigger crowd downtown

The Placer.Ai crowd data suggests the city center is attracting people for more than a quick stop.

Fleur de Lis, anchovies an option

With construction costs contained, the Baton Rouge iconic restaurant will return in fall, funky fish a standard.

Commentary: The compromise that wasn't

The golf course stays. The question is what—and who—gets left out.

Splitting the City Park golf baby

Sasaki confirms the golf course stays, but a scaled-back footprint and unanswered questions left stakeholders more unsettled than relieved.

Why those old power poles get under our skin

Baton Rouge notices unfinished things. Broken curbs. Dead plants in medians. Abandoned power poles.  We are not alone in this. People everywhere get irritated by things that look almost done but aren’t. They wonder why the last step never comes. The idea: There is a name for it: the

Meat and two

Running a restaurant has become a tougher gamble.

What Louisiana leaves on the table

The tipping level is a tell about the economy

Can a Tiger catch a Husky?

LSU has dreams of competing on the court with programs like UConn, but doing so will mean additional investment.

Baton Rouge: Week at a Glance | April 6–12, 2026

Why it matters: Live After Five returns, the opera comes back to a big stage and a packed Saturday gives you no excuse to stay home. 🗓️ Tuesday, April 7 🎬 The Godfather—7:30 p.m. 📍 Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St. * Francis Ford Coppola's mob masterpiece on the big

Pothole playbook

Coming soon: a roving pothole fixer, no crew needed

Spring market season opens

Farmers Market makes residents feel like Baton Rouge is home

'At this time'

Can LSU afford to keep the nation's best college baseball coach?

What comes after an urban success

Recommendations for accelerating existing progress of Government Street

An aria for ambition

Paul Groves has an idea for elevating opera in Baton Rouge

That's what living is to me

Spring break is here. Enjoy it on the streets of Baton Rouge

What's the deal with tipping?

It began as a way to cheat Black workers out of money after the Civil War. It's everywhere now.