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Clearing Baton Rouge's Blight Bottleneck
Hundreds of blighted properties are holding Baton Rouge back. Several BRAC-backed bills could move the region forward.
Apr 28
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Jake Polansky
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Andrew Fitzgerald
BRAC's Quarterly State of the Region - Q1 2025
New figures show the Baton Rouge Metro's population hit 880,000 in 2024 - its largest on record. This growing population is key to furthering recent…
Mar 31
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Jake Polansky
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Rock Thompson
BRAC's Quarterly State of the Region
BRAC's new Quarterly Dashboard provides a snapshot of the Capital Region's economy; this quarter we dive into key trends in job and wage growth, hotel…
Oct 28, 2024
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Jake Polansky
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Is Baton Rouge the Chemical Engineering Capital of the US?
Jul 6, 2023
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Jake Polansky
Welcome to the new (complete) Government Street
Oct 4, 2023
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Jake Polansky
Flatlining
Jul 19, 2023
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Andrew Fitzgerald
BRAC's Quarterly State of the Region - Q1 2025
Mar 31
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Jake Polansky
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Rock Thompson
Pains, Claims, and Automobiles
Aug 22, 2023
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Andrew Fitzgerald
Young Money
Mar 12, 2024
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Andrew Fitzgerald
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A BTR Way to Homeownership
Thanks to high salaries, good opportunities for advancement, and affordable home prices, young professionals in Baton Rouge are more likely to own their…
Jul 22, 2024
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Jake Polansky
The Talent Wars: Positive News from the Front
A greater share of new college graduates across the country are applying to jobs in Baton Rouge – and that share is growing faster than that of our…
May 20, 2024
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Andrew Fitzgerald
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Jake Polansky
Young Folks, Top Spots
Early- to mid-career professionals hold a higher share of top executive jobs in Baton Rouge than nearly any metro in the South. Highlighting this is a…
Apr 22, 2024
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Andrew Fitzgerald
Let the kids sleep!
By pushing back school start times, Louisiana has a rare chance to use evidence-based policy to address a range of issues facing our students and…
Apr 8, 2024
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Jake Polansky
Young Money
Younger households in the Capital Region have higher incomes than those in nearly any peer metro; adjusted for cost of living, their incomes also…
Mar 12, 2024
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Andrew Fitzgerald
Beyond the Buck: Good-Paying Jobs Alone Won't Help with Talent
There's no shortage of good-paying jobs for college grads in the Capital Region. Why, then, are so many leaving?
Feb 7, 2024
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Jake Polansky
The Private Sector is Fueling Job Growth in the State Capital
Two land grant universities and the seat of state government are key assets for the Capital Region, but government jobs are actually down as the metro’s…
Jan 3, 2024
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Jake Polansky
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