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Planning Commission to review plans for a Tex-Mex chain restaurant
A Texas-based chain restaurant’s plans for opening a Baton Rouge location will be reviewed at Monday’s Planning Commission meeting.
Tex-Mex chain Fuego Tortilla Grill is...
How extreme weather events, demand are straining the state’s power grid
Louisiana's electric grid is facing reliability issues and rising costs due to extreme weather and increased electricity demand, with 47 weather-related disasters since 2014...
Roundup: School closures / Open AI / Retail closures
Latest update: East Baton Rouge Parish schools will remain closed on Friday because of the winter storm. Schools in West Baton Rouge and Iberville...
See what restaurants have reopened following the winter storm
Missing your fave restaurant yet? We feel you.
We’re going on more than 48 hours snowed in following a rare winter storm that has shut...
This North Flannery industrial property changed hands
A New Orleans-based holding company recently acquired the property containing the Central Oil & Supply facility on North Flannery Road near South Choctaw Drive.
Ducote...
Mastering 2025: Executives can no longer ignore mental health and wellness
As mental health awareness continues to grow and mental health resources become more accessible, there is a growing expectation for business executives to support...
Why Louisiana might miss out on wind energy revenues
Louisiana may not see the promised revenue from offshore wind and renewable energy royalties due to President Trump's recent memorandum halting new wind energy...
How the California wildfires could reshape the insurance industry
The wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area could cause up to $250 billion in economic damage, comparable to the losses from Hurricane Katrina, The...
Roundup: CNN layoffs / Unemployment / TikTok
Changes coming: CNN is laying off roughly 200 employees, or about 6% of its workforce, as part of the cable network’s shift toward digital...
Capital Region slowly returning to normalcy after winter onslaught
As the snow melts across the Capital Region and temperatures begin to creep up, businesses have rolled out plans to resume operations on Thursday....
Mastering 2025: Building a team that outlasts you
Lee Michael Berg has discovered the “secret sauce” to succession planning, at least for the jewelry business he founded some 46 years ago, Business...
This Geismar industrial property changed hands
Shreveport-based industrial gas and welding supplies distributor Red Ball Oxygen has acquired the industrial property that houses its Geismar operations.
The company purchased the property...
Roundup: LSU vs. S. Carolina / Postal service / LSU professor
Postponed: The Southeastern Conference has postponed Thursday night’s women’s basketball game between No. 5 LSU and No. 2 South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina,...
CounterspaceBR owner takes on a new role with this company
CounterspaceBR owner Sarah Joy Hays has a sweet new gig, working with New Orleans-born Gail’s Fine Ice Cream as its director of creativity and...
The 61 North Logistics Center is beginning to take shape
Work on the massive 61 North Logistics Center on Tom Drive is progressing smoothly, according to Evan Scroggs of Lee & Associates.
Site work on...
A local vintage pop-up is set to open its first storefront
Good Choices Co., a local vintage and secondhand clothing and home goods pop-up, is opening its first storefront at the former The Hope Shop...
Roundup: Utilities / DEI / Oil prices
Not out of the woods: Aside from a boil water advisory in Lafayette, most of the state’s public utilities fared relatively well Tuesday as...
Here’s why mortgage rates likely won’t fall anytime soon
Mortgage rates have risen to over 7%, despite the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, making the housing market challenging, CNBC reports.
Rates for a 30-year...
Mastering 2025: The stakes are high in battling cyber threats
It’s a company’s worst nightmare. Critical systems or customer data are suddenly inaccessible, held hostage by ransomware demanding cryptocurrency payments to unlock the paralyzed...
See which bank property on Coursey just sold
The b1Bank property on Coursey Boulevard has changed hands.
The bank sold the property to 11307 Coursey LLC for $1.6 million, according to a sales...
