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From location to timeline: Your questions about the new LSU arena answered

Last week, the Metro Council approved an ordinance backing a new $300 million LSU arena. The arena will host sporting events for LSU as well...

BROC merges with Lafayette-based clinic

Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic and Lafayette-based Louisiana Orthopaedic Specialists have  announced they are combining to form an orthopedic group practice called Gulf South Orthopedic...

Whitney Johnson: Is your gut instinct keeping you from your next dream?

When I was in college, I went to an information session at the law school. This moment sticks in my mind because I unexpectedly...

Watch how the Comite River Diversion is taking shape | The Bottom Line

In this episode of Bottom Line, we take a closer look at the Comite River Diversion, an ambitious effort to mitigate flooding risks from...

How young household earnings in Baton Rouge compare to Southern counterparts

  Young households in the Baton Rouge metro earn more than those in nearly every Southern midsized peer, according to a recent analysis by the...

How are Louisiana banks faring one year after the banking crisis?

Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication. In March 2023, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank triggered a series of regional...

Inflation continues to frustrate the Fed

U.S. consumer prices picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s...

Could Baton Rouge get a city-parish manager?

Sweeping changes—including the appointment of a new city-parish manager—could be coming soon to East Baton Rouge’s Plan of Government.  Metro Councilman Rowdy Gaudet is proposing...

BRAC, BRAF and Visit Baton Rouge announce support for a new LSU arena

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Visit Baton Rouge on Monday announced joint support for LSU’s proposed $300 million...

‘The Bottom Line’: One answer to crime in Baton Rouge

While some believe crime in the Capital Region is at an all-time high, a security camera program may offer hope. The Page/Rice Public Safety Initiative...

DNA Workshop, Kenneth Brown partnering to design North Caicos airport terminal

The Turks and Caicos Islands Airport Authority announced this week it has tapped Baton Rouge-based DNA Workshop to be the consultant architect and provide...

BBQGuys is expanding to Florida with a new showroom

Baton Rouge-based BBQGuys, a grill and outdoor equipment retailer, announced Tuesday that it is expanding into south Florida with a new Backyard Design Center...

2024 Company of the Year: Bringing order to the law

Few social institutions feel the pressure of high expectations like law enforcement, and fewer still do it while also juggling a diminishing workforce. If...

2024 Baton Rouge Business Awards & Hall of Fame

For four decades, Business Report has recognized the disruptors and visionaries shaping our region’s economic evolution through the annual Business Awards & Hall of Fame. This year’s...

Speedy Eats is getting close to deploying its first fully automated store

Speed Bancroft, owner of Baton Rouge tech startup Speedy Eats, says his company may be deploying its first “unmanned outdoor drive-thru store” as early...

Japanese chemical company announces $500M Louisiana facility

UBE Corp., a Japanese chemical company, announced Thursday that it plans to build a $500 million manufacturing facility for key electric vehicle battery components...

2024 Company of the Year: A prosperous path

In retrospect, 2008 probably wasn’t the best year for the managers of Pala Group to borrow money and begin transitioning into an employee-owned company. The...

2024 Young Businessperson of the Year: All hail the queen

The Rolling Stones' She’s a Rainbow blasts from the speakers of the Raising Cane’s River Center as Jaime Glas Odom glides down a red...

2024 Executive of the Year: Putting people first

Over the course of its storied history, few events have altered Louisiana like Hurricane Katrina. The mammoth storm slammed into the coast in August 2005,...

2024 Hall of Fame: Piloting success

Nannette Noland has always been a bit ahead of her time. Her father taught her how to drive a car once she could see...