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An expert’s take on where AI is headed in 2025?
As artificial intelligence continues to grow at a rapid pace, more and more businesses are grappling with how to adapt both quickly and responsibly.
Dan...
‘LaPolitics’: Gov. Landry looks to keep pedal to the metal in year two
Gov. Jeff Landry wasn’t afraid to throw deep this year, and he usually completed the pass, even if occasionally he had to settle for...
For Louisiana, the Super Bowl is about more than tourism dollars
As New Orleans gears up to host Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, state officials are eager to capitalize on all of the attention...
The new dinner hour: Why are Baton Rouge diners eating earlier?
Like the rest of the country, Baton Rouge restaurants are seeing dinner service start an hour or two earlier. It’s a nationwide trend that’s...
Roundup: Louisiana workforce data / Oil prices / COVID-19
Release schedule: The Louisiana Workforce Commission has announced the schedule for releasing employment and unemployment data through next year. The release of statewide nonfarm...
The Colonel’s Club offers a new lunch vibe under the Perkins Road overpass
The Colonel’s Club has been one of Baton Rouge’s most anticipated restaurant openings this year.
As Business Report notes in its latest business lunch feature,...
This South Sherwood Forest property changed hands for $4.2M
A California-based commercial management property firm purchased the Baton Rouge Vet Center Property on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard near Market Place Avenue.
Maxwell Properties LP...
Where have all the managers gone?
Corporate America is on a mission to thin its management ranks in pursuit of greater efficiency, which is in turn causing workers on all...
How Louisiana’s unemployment benefit laws are changing in 2025
The new year is bringing with it some substantial changes to Louisiana’s unemployment insurance benefits.
The changes are governed by Act 412 and Act 553,...
Big Lots reaches a deal that will keep the brand aliveÂ
Discount chain Big Lots, which filed for bankruptcy protection in September, has reached a deal that will keep hundreds of its stores and distribution...
This Louisiana bank is expanding its footprint in the Capital Region
Jennings-based JD Bank is planning to open a new location in the Capital Region.
The bank purchased an office/retail building on Jefferson Highway from Belmar...
The South is driving growth in one particular real estate measure
Pending home sales in the U.S. grew for the fourth straight month in November, returning to the highest level since early 2023, The Wall...
Roundup: Tugboat sinks / Intracoastal bridge / Working conditions
Crew rescued: Crew members from a tugboat were quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker...
How US consumers shifted their buying habits in 2024
Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money in 2024 as they wrestled with high...
This Livingston Parish community is about to get 90-plus new homes
Denham Springs-based homebuilder DSLD purchased 91 lots to expand one of its Walker residential communities.
The homebuilder purchased the lots for its Dogwood Trace development...
The latest on consumer credit card debt
While many Americans were already saddled with record-breaking credit card debt going into the holiday season, analysts predict consumer spending is reaching an all-time...
Publisher: Philanthropy reimagined
As the holidays roll in, we’re all reminded of the importance of giving back. As Baton Rouge Business Report Publisher Julio Melara writes, year...
Roundup: Oil and gas plans / Bird flu mutation / Supreme Court
Oil and gas giants: Big European energy companies that invested heavily in the clean energy transition found their share performance this year lagging U.S....
The deadline for the Corporate Transparency Act requirements is extended for some
The deadline for existing companies to file their beneficial ownership information to U.S. regulators in January is off again after a brief period when...
What leaders can say when they don’t know the answer
A common misconception about leadership that leadership coaches hear is that leaders need to know all the answers, although that’s far from the reality...
