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Build Baton Rouge has a new CEO
Deidre Deculus Robert has been named Build Baton Rouge’s new president and CEO, the redevelopment agency announced Monday morning.Â
The organization’s board of directors selected...
Meet 2025 Executive of the Year Kristin Wall
It would be strange if Kristin Wall didn’t spend the early morning hours forwarding a blitz of news items to her executive team. The...
Trump’s interior and energy chiefs tout LNG export expansion in Louisiana
The planned expansion of a massive liquefied natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy policy that doubles down...
Roundup: Medical expenses / Black bear hunting / Redfin
Prefiled bill: A new legislative proposal, House Bill 34, introduced by state Rep. Brian Glorioso, R-Slidell, aims to significantly reshape how medical expenses are...
What Trump is saying about the possibility of a recession this year
President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the...
Unemployment drops in Louisiana
Initial unemployment claims dropped in Louisiana last week after briefly spiking the week prior, according to the latest figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.Â
Initial...
Gaming to leadership: Baton Rouge execs share the surprising connection
When Adrian Owen Jones first picked up World of Warcraft as a college student in 2008, she was new to the world of video...
Roundup: Liberty Mutual refund / Consumer borrowing / Loan forgiveness
Failure to update: Liberty Mutual will refund approximately $4 million to roughly 138,000 Louisiana policyholders after overcharging them on a state-mandated insurance assessment, according...
Get a first look at BREC’s new Nature Station
After a long delay, BREC’s Frenchtown Road Conservation Area‘s new Nature Station is finally opening, 225 reports.Â
Underway since 2020, the park is offering limited...
Why the Trump administration is dropping a high-profile case in Louisiana
The Trump administration has told a federal court that it will drop a Biden-era case against a chemical manufacturer accused of contributing to increased...
What leads employees to become whistleblowers?
When employees witness disproportionate pay for C-suite executives or unfair treatment compared to other stakeholders, they often perceive a lack of fairness within the...
US employers created this many jobs last month
The U.S. continued to generate jobs at a steady pace in February, offering reassurances that the labor market has remained relatively stable since President...
Roundup: Walgreens / Oil reserves / Big Lots
New chapter: On Thursday, Walgreens was sold to private-equity firm Sycamore for $10 billion, down a staggering 91% from its $106 billion peak in...
How Jay Campbell transformed our grocery experienceÂ
Travel elsewhere around the country, and it’s hard to find the abundance of family-owned independent supermarkets that thrive across the Capital Region. Outlets like...
The US energy chief wants $20 billion to refill the nation’s oil reserves
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to seek up to $20 billion to accomplish President Donald Trump’s goal of refilling the nation’s depleted oil...
‘LaPolitics’ Q&A: What’s at stake for business in the 2025 regular session?
LaPolitics: What will LABI’s priorities be for this year’s regular session?
Jim Patterson, senior vice president, government relations, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry: We're...
East Baton Rouge Parish tax collections rose in December
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Roundup: Setback for Trump / U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson / Data centersÂ
Freeze blocked: A second federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans, saying the White House had “put itself...
The owner of The Big Cheezy is introducing a new conceptÂ
West Chimes Street is getting a new outdoor bar and patio.Â
Blaize Romancik, owner and operator of The Big Cheezy, is opening The Backyard, a...
Effects from slashing US biomedical research will go far beyond job lossesÂ
Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states...
