Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. - While Texans are fiercely proud their state was once its own republic, and California celebrates the same former status on its flag, relatively few Louisianans know that a group of their forebears overthrew Spanish rule to carve out a tiny, independent nation 200 years ago.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Albemarle Corp.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's unemployment rate rose to 6.9 percent in May as the state added 4,600 jobs in the private sector, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Friday.