The East Baton Rouge Parish Libraries rake in $40.7 million in taxes each year, while New Orleans only brings in $9.5 million. What is even odder, is that both areas have the same number of libraries – 14. In order to understand why this has happened, we take to the numbers to explain it for […]
Folks in Louisiana love them some Jazz music! Last weekend’s Jazz Fest topped last year’s crowd numbers and, well…made history with this year’s crowd reaching around 460,000! Kicking off May with a huge bang, the 2015 Jazz Fest featured 60 food tents, and music to likes of Elton John, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. However, […]