By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR There is a moment in every public‐ finance story when the words themselves betray a shift in power. At first, the jargon is reassuring—economic development, public‐private partnership, infrastructure, catalytic investment, […]
Every development district needs a center of gravity. For the Bayou Fountain Economic Development District, that gravity isn’t LSU or any of the sports-tourism advocates pushing the project. It’s the Duplantier family’s land. And if […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR The East Baton Rouge Metro Council faces a June 24 decision on whether to sign or again defer a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement that would create a 25-year public-finance structure for […]
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