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A conversation with BESE President Ronnie Morris

Ronnie Morris, who has served as the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s District 6 board member since 2019, was elected as...

A Plaquemine company is behind most of Baton Rouge’s parade floats 

You might have never heard of Comogo Floats LLC in Plaquemine, but you’ve likely seen their work for the krewes of Oshun, Artemis and...

Are leaders from inside your company or outsiders with fresh ideas better? 

When it’s time to select a CEO, boards often struggle with whether to select an insider who already knows the company well or an outsider who can shake things up.  

Stories of Mardi Gras economic impact in the Capital Region

Baton Rouge isn’t New Orleans, where Carnival’s economic impact was measured at nearly $900 million and accounts for more than 3% of the city’s...

Louisiana is stepping up to address unprecedented—and unmet—demand for cybersecurity services

Over the course of the past few years, Louisianans have had little choice but to acknowledge the growing importance of cybersecurity. In 2019, school boards...

Tens of thousands of business deals occur daily on Baton Rouge interstates 

An estimated 45,000-plus business deals are made on Interstates 10 and 12 through Baton Rouge each day, according to a recent survey of 3,000 commuters by California-based legal services firm LawLinq.  

Landry-appointed council says ‘government silos’ hurting workforce development

A report released Friday by Gov. Jeff Landry’s Workforce Development & Higher Education Policy Council shed some light on what the new administration’s approach...

SBA revamps federal contract program for small businesses  

The SBA unveiled an upgraded program called Empower to Grow last week that offers coaching and training services to small, disadvantaged businesses to help...

Small business payroll growth is moderating, but is that a bad thing?

Payroll payments per small business moderated as 2023 came to a close, according to new data from Bank of America.

Job openings rose last month, pointing to the US labor market’s durability 

America's employers posted 9 million job openings in December, an increase from November and another sign that the U.S. job market remains resilient despite the headwind of higher interest rates.

New Orleans law office launches campaign against proposed Blue Cross sale

Roughly two weeks away from the Department of Insurance’s public hearing, a New Orleans-based law firm has launched an advertising campaign against the proposed sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, the state’s largest health insurer. 

LSU athletics operated with a deficit last year

An audit of LSU’s Athletic Department found that the organization operated with a nearly $4 million deficit last year.

Two new senior care centers are planned for the Capital Region

CenterWell Senior Primary Care is planning to open new senior care centers in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas later this year, the company’s first Louisiana facilities.

LSU’s shift on diversity lacks transparency, critical input, faculty say 

Faculty members say LSU’s move away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language happened without their input and with little transparency after the fact. 

New BRPD chief preaches importance of being proactive to deter crime

New Baton Rouge Police Department Chief TJ Morse touted the importance of being strategic and proactive when it comes to decreasing crime in Baton...

How Angola has become essential to the U.S. food supply 

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here in Louisiana, at an unlikely source—the former slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison: Angola. 

Louisiana’s congressional delegation assails Biden’s LNG terminal pause 

Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and  U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy blasted President Biden's decision to pause pending liquefied...

An LSU-led team has won the largest NSF grant ever awarded

A statewide team led by LSU has secured the largest grant ever awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, totaling up to $160 million over the next 10 years in support of Louisiana’s energy industry.

This Baton Rouge furniture store is closing its doors

Nadeau, a furniture store on Perkins Road near Trader Joe’s, announced Friday that it is closing its doors.
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Construction firms say their job applicants lack the skills they need 

The U.S. needs an estimated 7 million more homes. But to build all those homes, experts say, America would need many more construction workers.