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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
It's not your forever neighbor

It's not your forever neighbor

Nobody told you it was, which can become a problem when that tree-filled lot wants to become something else.
JR Ball 18 May 2026
Where did everyone go?

Where did everyone go?

JR Ball 14 May 2026
Dare to dream

Dare to dream

JR Ball 13 May 2026
EBR's poverty crisis

EBR's poverty crisis

A new BRAF report makes it clear that EBR's economic mobility problem is getting worse, not better.
JR Ball 12 May 2026
How Baton Rouge could spend less at the pump

How Baton Rouge could spend less at the pump

Mukul Verma 11 May 2026
La.'s gas taxes are a small gift—with a catch

La.'s gas taxes are a small gift—with a catch

Mukul Verma 11 May 2026

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