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A clear majority of Baton Rouge residents want the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office merged. They support a fee to clean up trash from waterbodies […]

Ardendale will blend services with a mix of housing By Sara Bongiorni Upcoming construction of a vital new roadway and groundbreaking on the first phase of $100 million in planned […]

Government Street’s redesign has drawn businesses and residents to Mid City. Planner Camille Manning-Broome says the success is a beginning. By Mukul Verma With a reworking, Government Street has become […]

By Sara Bongiorni A pandemic shakeup has restructured the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge into a regional organization focused on serving more children, and with new services […]

Currents Q3 2021

By Jeff Roedel Leslie Lacy had no intention of steering her legal career toward representing children in foster care, and yet that path found her. The Tucson native’s experience included […]

By Mary Ann Sternberg On the concrete T-head of the old Baton Rouge municipal dock are now-fading words in white paint of John Lennon’s famed song “Imagine.” According to local […]

A Water Institute tool could transform river management and transport across the globe By Sara Bongiorni For captains and their crews, moving goods can be a white-knuckle experience. Heavy with […]

For more than two decades, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has honored the best and most devoted nonprofit leaders with the John W. Barton Sr. Excellence in Nonprofit Management Awards. […]

In his 33-year tenure, BRAF grew to $722 million in assets, changed the region John G. Davies, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, announced Wednesday that he […]