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• Louisiana state income tax returns and payments due July 15

  July 10, 2020 7:20 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The deadline to submit 2019 Louisiana state income tax returns and payments is July 15, 2020. The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) extended the original April and May due dates for state individual, corporation, fiduciary and partnership income taxes due to the public health emergency created... more »

• Stocks rise as investors anticipate gradual nationwide reopening

  May 12, 2020 11:21 AM

  On Tuesday, stocks rose as investors anticipated national reopening plans and reflected on recent corporate earnings results. Market participants also kept a close eye on the start of the Federal Reserve’s program to purchase corporate debt exchange-traded funds, which kicks off Tuesday. Earlier, U.S. equity futures traded lower... more »

• Sammy's Grill locations in Baton Rouge, Prairieville face eviction

  December 26, 2019 6:12 PM

  UPDATE: The Advocate reports that the landlord for Sammy's Grill locations in Baton Rouge and Prairieville is seeking to evict the local restaurant due to unpaid rent. Click here for the latest . *** PRAIRIEVILLE - It's been a stressful Christmas for many Sammy's Grill employees who say... more »

• MoDad Utilities issues short-lived rate decrease, provides update Play Video

  January 18, 2019 6:35 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - About 8,000 utility customers got a letter in the mail last month explaining that their rates are going down, but the change is short-lived. Sewer company Modad Utilities was approved for a rate hike in 2017 after promising much-needed repairs would be implemented. However, a financial... more »

• Request to spend more on pump stations not unusual, officials say

  April 27, 2016 4:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Despite asking city leaders to approve a four-percent increase in cost and nearly a year of additional work, engineers of the city's $1.2 billion sewer upgrade say the project is on budget and on time. Wednesday, the SSO asked the Metro Council to approve spending $859,659... more »

• Tom Benson keeps getting richer

  March 1, 2016 3:24 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The state's richest man just keeps getting richer. Tom Benson climbed almost 200 places to become the 810th richest person in the world, Forbes reported in its annual "World's Billionaires" listing . Benson is the 288th richest person in the United States. The magazine reported... more »