GET DAILY REPORT FREE
Roundup: Louisiana teachers / Canadian pipelines / US tariff on China
Growing workforce: Traditional and charter schools in Louisiana gained a combined 843 teachers during the 2023-24 school year, bringing the total workforce to a...
The top 10 residential sales recorded in East Baton Rouge Parish last year
It was a good year for the area’s high-end residential real estate market in 2024. So good, that the year’s publicly recorded most expensive...
Why Luke Lognion is parting ways with Live After Five
Luke Lognion, co-owner of Circa 1857, is stepping down from his role as managing director of Live After Five Inc.
Lognion says he ended his...
Growth at US service providers cooled in January. Here’s why
Growth at U.S. service providers slowed at the start of the year as a measure of orders fell to a seven-month low, indicating a...
What we know about the new bookstore opening on Highland
Baton Rouge is getting a new independent book store.
TBR Books and Tea, a locally owned bookstore, coffee and tea shop, is opening in early...
Court upholds LSU professor’s suspension
A Louisiana appeals court on Tuesday upheld the suspension of an LSU law professor who criticized Gov. Jeff Landry and President Donald Trump using...
Roundup: Casino merger / Nissan and Honda / Amazon
Approved: The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has approved a proposed merger between Bally's Corporation and The Queen Casino & Entertainment. The deal merges Bally's...
Blueprints for Baton Rouge: A look at five cities that are getting it right
Baton Rouge is on the verge of transformation.
Proposals such as the nicknamed “string of pearls” project—which includes a vision for an LSU arena to...
OTC Industrial Technologies acquires two Baton Rouge companies
Two Baton Rouge industrial equipment and service firms―Premier Equipment Corporation Inc. and Premier Control Systems LLC―are under new ownership.
Ohio-based industrial equipment service provider and...
Last chance: Nominations closing soon for 225’s Twenty in their 20s
It’s back: 225‘s second annual Twenty in their 20s issue, a special edition celebrating Baton Rouge’s up-and-coming leaders, creators and difference makers, returns this...
Roundup: Egg prices / Sen. Bill Cassidy / Federal workers quit
Sunny side upcharge: The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place due to the biggest bird flu...
Sales tax collections continue to rise in East Baton Rouge
See the full report.
This Baton Rouge concert venue might be closing this summer
Red Dragon Listening Room, an intimate nonprofit concert venue on Florida Boulevard, is closing this summer after 24 years in business—unless its owners can...
These are the two biggest keys to assessing a housing market
When assessing home price momentum, it’s important to monitor active listings and months of supply, Fast Company reports.
If active listings sharply increase while homes...
What the latest job opening numbers indicate about the labor market
U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy.
Openings fell to 7.6 million, from 8.2 million...
Roundup: Restaurant shrimp / Sovereign wealth fund / NIL deals
Not from Louisiana: A new round of genetic seafood testing conducted for a state advisory panel detected foreign shrimp that was falsely presented as...
‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race is on a fast track
As U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy faces what may be one of the most important votes of his political career in Washington, state Treasurer John...
US oil frackers aren’t buying into Trump’s ‘drill, baby drill.’ Here’s why
President Trump wants to boost oil drilling, but his allies in the U.S. shale industry and Saudi Arabia are pushing back, The Wall Street...
Why Shell is walking away from its planned wind farm off of New Jersey
In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from...
