Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership President and CEO Lori Melancon said laws already exist to speed up condemnations in Baton Rouge — but the Metro Council is failing to use them.

William Brown of St. George recently opined that the governance of the city of Baton Rouge and the parish of East Baton Rouge should be unlinked. I concur, but not for the reasons he cited and, ...

DETROIT — Standing in a freshly renovated living room on Detroit’s east side Monday afternoon, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards listened to Detroit leaders talk about how they transformed the ...