Baton Rouge Reads It Differently

The Washington Post;  September 2, 2006 ;     398 words ......your Aug. 25 front-page article "After Katrina, Baton Rouge Weathers a Storm of Its Own." Without question...challenges head-on. Just weeks after the storm, Baton Rouge passed a $500 million "Green Light" roads improvement...crimes in our community have increased just over 4 percent, while ...

Running from Baton Rouge

The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report;  June 18, 2002 ;   Verma, Mukul;   405 words ......may still work in Baton Rouge. Overall, the census...a whopping 30 percent gain. Compare that to East Baton Rouge, which saw its...climb by just 8.6 percent to 412,852 in 2000...Livingston had a bigger percentage gain, Baton Rouge added more people...where nearly ...

Profile: Baton Rouge, a hurricane boom town

Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR);  September 4, 2005 ;   LIANE HANSEN;   776 words ......engineering. A lot of those companies had offices in Baton Rouge, typically the larger office was in New Orleans, the smaller office in Baton Rouge. That's certainly going to change. The larger offices now are going to be in Baton Rouge and if they re-establish an office in New ...

SNIPER SUSPECTS INDICTED IN BATON ROUGE

United Press International;  November 14, 2002 ;     377 words ......suspects indicted in Baton Rouge BATON ROUGE, La., Nov 14, 2002 (United...via COMTEX) -- An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury Thursday...a Sept. 23 robbery in Baton Rouge. John Muhammad, 41, and...district attorney for Baton Rouge Parish, said the ...

New Poll Gauges Baton Rouge's Job Situation; Public Education isKey...

U.S. Newswire;  August 2, 2005 ;     787 words ......employment situation in Baton Rouge, two items are...benefit packages (47 percent) and providing...408 adults in the Baton Rouge area from July...error of C15.0 percent) include: -- Mixed...graduates. Only 18 percent of Baton Rouge-area residents...enough jobs, ...

Is Baton Rouge big enough for the both of 'em?

The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report;  April 9, 2002 ;   Alexander, Amy;   787 words ......when asked whether any Baton Rouge area stations were planning...researcher at Cox Cable in Baton Rouge. O'Reilly's popularity might increase WIBR's Baton Rouge market share. According...station is ranked 211 in Baton Rouge from 6 a.m. to midnight...average market share ...

LSU Officials Seek to Boost Minority Enrollment in Baton Rouge.(Brief...

Black Issues in Higher Education;  August 3, 2000 ;     291 words ...BATON ROUGE, La. -- Under pressure...five-year plan to boost the percentage of Black students and teachers at its Baton Rouge campus. As a university...citizens, who comprise 31 percent of Louisiana's population...four-year colleges, 90 percent or more of the ...

Baton Rouge roads ranked fifth-worst in nation

University Wire;  April 22, 2008 ;   Louis Pelletteri;   629 words ......Reveille) (UWIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Baton Rouge was listed as having...March that found 23 percent of the nation's major...250,000 to 500,000. Baton Rouge fell in the second...the nation, with 39 percent of its roads in poor...motorists in and around Baton ...

ALONG CAME BATON ROUGE.

Airport Business;  October 1, 2007 ;   Infanger, John F.;   787 words ...ALONG CAME BATON ROUGE By John F. Infanger...that was then BATON ROUGE -- The citizens of...the community of Baton Rouge, the place some 80...two histories of Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport...were doing a 106 percent increase. We knew...number. Apartments in ...

Sniper suspects indicted in Baton Rouge.

United Press International;  November 15, 2002 ;     379 words ...BATON ROUGE, La., Nov 14, 2002 (United...International via COMTEX) An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury Thursday...during a Sept. 23 robbery in Baton Rouge. John Muhammad, 41, and...assistant district attorney for Baton Rouge Parish, said the death...indictment. That's a ...

Louisiana capital grows larger; More than 165,000 evacuees pour into Baton...

Baltimore Afro-American;  December 16, 2005 ;   Hurst, H. Allen;   531 words ......Afro-American 12-16-2005 Although Baton Rouge, La., avoided the wrath...200,000 Louisianans to Baton Rouge. According to city officials...is suffering from a 32 percent increase in traffic...Census, the parish of East Baton Rouge had a population of 412,852 and Baton ...

Baton Rouge locals cautious as victims flood town EDITOR'S NOTE: Julissa...

Oakland Tribune;  September 8, 2005 ;   Julissa McKinnon, CORRESPONDENT;   340 words ...BATON ROUGE, La. -- The waitress warned...racy city of New Orleans, Baton Rouge considers itself sleepy...the New Orleans toward Baton Rouge. Meanwhile, Baton Rouge has watched its population...fleeing to drier ground. Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden ...

East Baton Rouge parish (LA) library receives 88% approval rating

Library Administrator's Digest;  April 1, 1999 ;   Anonymous;   175 words ...Of the 594 East Baton Rouge Parish (LA) voters...The Advocate, 88 percent rated the East Baton Rouge Parish Library favorably...traffic. Fifty-four percent said they were "very...dissatisfied," 1 percent were "very dissatisfied," and 9 percent said they did not...million, ...

Baton Rouge motorists: Traffic this year was 'the worst I've ever seen'

The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report;  December 24, 1996 ;   Antrobus, Michael;   652 words ......River) bridge." According to Dwight Fox, East Baton Rouge chief traffic engineer, three major factors contributed to this year's horrible traffic in Baton Rouge: a historic failure to improve infrastructure...city-owned arterials extending the length of Baton Rouge; and the lack of ...

Study: Baton Rouge wages are still low

The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report;  February 3, 1998 ;   Anonymous;   681 words ......ReliaStar said Baton Rouge ranked in the...which was 10 percent below the average...No. 92 and 25 percent below the average. * With 20.5 percent of the population...amp; Percy of Baton Rouge. "We have been...year because 56.9 percent of residents had...was No. 84 (53.8 ...