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Jon Gordon: Communicate to build community
Did you know that communication, community and communion all share the same etymology?
It’s “communis,” which means “with, together” and “oneness, union.” My friend Erwin...
Sid Edwards: ‘Now, the work begins’
Republican Mayor-elect Sid Edwards on Tuesday met with the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish to discuss his recent victory over Democratic...
A medical day care spends $1.1M for a spot in Baton Rouge’s Health District
Pediatrust recently purchased an office building in the Baton Rouge Health District to expand its footprint.
The day care facility for medically fragile children owned...
See why Jay Dardenne was fined by the ethics board
Jay Dardenne has been assessed a $3,000 fine for filing four campaign finance reports months after their deadline, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
Dardenne, a longtime elected...
Wall Street is betting on rental homes as a new generation is priced out
As more millennials enter their prime homebuying years and start families, many are finding themselves priced out of the most coveted suburban neighborhoods with...
Roundup: Weather risk / Jaguar cub / Training exercise
Flood watch continues: Parts of the Capital Region remain under a flood watch from the National Weather Service as storms continue to pass through...
This restaurant property on Airline just changed hands
The Golden Chick restaurant property on Airline Highway changed hands recently.
GFC Leasing Corp LLC, represented by Golden Chick owner Mark Parmerlee, acquired the property...
‘LaPolitics’: What the tax overhaul’s final step entails
Even if you disagree with everything they did, or believe they tried to do too much too quickly, it’s hard to argue against the...
Feds sue local Mexican restaurant chain over unpaid wages
The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against Casa Maria Mexican Grill over unpaid wages the business allegedly owes to its employees.
Casa Maria is...
Financial optimism is on the rise—here’s why
The share of US households expecting financial situations to improve over the next year rose last month to the highest level since early 2020,...
Meet LSU’s new AI assistant for faculty and staff
LSU has launched a new AI assistant—MikeGPT—to assist its faculty and staff, the school announced Monday.
MikeGPT—developed by faculty, staff and students—leverages LSU’s public data...
Treasury appeals ruling that blocks law aimed at the use of shell companies
The Treasury Department is appealing a ruling by a Texas judge to block the implementation of a law intended to tamp down on the...
This Baton Rouge startup was just awarded an NSF grant to convert CO2
Baton Rouge-based climate tech startup Encore CO2 announced it was recently awarded a Small Business Innovative Research SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation.
The...
Roundup: Taylor Swift / Historic election results / CEO slaying
$2.2B gross: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour brought in $2.2 billion in its nearly two-year run, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time for...
Inside Arthur J. Gallagher’s latest multibillion-dollar deal
Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher has agreed to acquire AssuredPartners in a $13.45 billion deal, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The insurance brokerage, risk-management...
Ad agencies combining to create $26B powerhouse
Omnicom is buying Interpublic Group in a stock-for-stock deal that will create an advertising powerhouse with combined annual revenue of almost $26 billion.
The New...
A Baton Rouge company will run North Carolina’s home energy rebate program
Baton Rouge-based engineering, program management and disaster recovery firm Aptim has been tapped to manage North Carolina’s home energy rebate program, the company announced...
This Texas-based restaurant concept has eyes on Baton Rouge
A Texas-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain wants to open its first Louisiana location in a growing area of Baton Rouge.
The Planning Commission will review plans...
See how Louisiana is bucking the national unemployment trend
While initial jobless claims are rising nationwide, initial unemployment claims in Louisiana dropped 33% for the week ending Nov. 30.
There were 1,423 initial claims...
Roundup: Landry’s ethics charges / Tommy Faucheux / Pollution fines
Into the new year: Gov. Jeff Landry’s standoff with the Louisiana Board of Ethics over ethical charges that it brought against him will continue...
