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By Gary Perilloux At the riverfront headquarters of the Water Institute, Justin Ehrenwerth discusses the future of water. He’s surrounded by it. Behind him, a workboat struggles up the Mississippi […]

By Sara Bongiorni A network of paved trails, bike lanes and quiet streets with wayfinding signs will reach from Pecue Lane through downtown to Scotlandville by mid-decade. BREC is taking […]

By Sara Bongiorni Photo by Mueller The Gardere Initiative runs summer and holiday camps and an after-school program from a homey Ned Avenue fourplex that serves as the neighborhood’s de […]

By Mukul Verma Photo by Tim Mueller Imagine your first day of high school. Everyone is dressed to impress. You’ve shown up in gym shorts. It does not go unnoticed. […]

Currents Q1 2022

By C.E. Richard Photo by Tim Mueller photo Struck by hurricanes and endangered by higher seas, Cameron Parish has become sparsely populated. Is there a future for the largest parish […]

Seattle writer Nathan Harris’ debut novel, The Sweetness of Water, has won the 2021 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, presented annually by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to […]

By Gary Perilloux What’s $17 billion? It’s Netflix’s entire content investment for 2021 and the cost of Samsung’s advanced semiconductor plant in Central Texas. For Southwest Louisiana, $17 billion is […]

By Sara Bongiorni Dr. George Karam | Photo by Tim Mueller Louisiana State University’s internal medicine residency in Baton Rouge has had two homes in its first half-century. It began […]

By Sara Bongiorni Christian Engle | Photo by Tim Mueller The YMCA of the Capital Area will open an early childhood education program at its A.C. Lewis branch in early […]