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We want to send a special shout-out to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber for selecting our firm for the inaugural Diversity Star Award for small business. It is an important part of our business strategy to purposely recruit and hire a staff that reflects the makeup of our community.

A $50M project to dredge the Amite could be closer to reality. Here's how it could help flooding.

It’s official: The University Lakes improvement project gets going.

What’s the latest on the update to FuturEBR? "City-parish planning staff will update the planning commission on how work is progressing on revising the city-parishe’s comprehensive master plan, FuturEBR, on Monday, Aug. 14."

The new Ascension Parish chief transportation engineer says adding capacity to La. 30 is a top priority.

Geological test drilling begins this month at Louisiana's Lake Maurepas for what could be the world's largest carbon storage project, storing more than 5 million tons of emissions annually. In 2026, gas company Air Products plans to begin production of blue hydrogen in Ascension Parish and channel 95% of the facility's carbon emissions 37 miles by pipeline to the lake site.

Analysis: Mayors are focusing foremost on infrastructure. Infrastructure appears to be top of mind for mayors, with 37 mayors giving State of the City addresses discussing that subject twice as long as the No. 2 priority, according to a National League of Cities analysis. The league cites the bipartisan infrastructure law for some of that focus, as well as the fact that so much of the nation's infrastructure is overdue for attention.

These are the 10 states with America’s worst infrastructure, in dire need of federal dollars. 4. (tie) Louisiana "No state is more susceptible to the changing climate than Louisiana. Nearly half of properties are at risk of flooding in the next 30 years, according to data compiled for CNBC by First Street Foundation. Louisianans spent more than three days without power on average in 2021, making the power grid America’s least reliable."

"When it comes to doing business with the federal government, the past fiscal year was one for the record books. But a key problem persists: the number of small businesses contracting with the government continues to dwindle."

8 creative ways that cities are redesigning for extreme heat: From Phoenix to Abu Dhabi, city planners are taking new measures to try to cool cities and keep residents safe.