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Roundup: Kayshon Boutte / Homeless shelter / Lake Charles LNG
Charges dropped: The state of Louisiana has dropped the computer fraud and underage gambling charges against former LSU football player Kayshon Boutte. Boutte, currently...
Roundup: Stock manipulation / A shopping pause / LNG rush
Naked short selling: A predictive AI company specializing in medical diagnostics has notified state securities authorities in Louisiana and two other states of potential...
In Louisiana, new unemployment claims decline
New unemployment claims in Louisiana are down by nearly 22% for the week ending July 6.
Some 1,634 people made initial insurance coverage claims, down...
A real estate investment company just spent $2.7M on this property
A Michigan-based real estate investment company purchased the property that houses Davita Scotlandville Dialysis on Howell Boulevard near Harding Boulevard.
Agree Central LLC, represented by...
Roundup: Front lines / Back-to-school spending / On the road again
Assassination investigation: Louisiana is on the front lines of congressional investigations into the assassination attempt of former Republican President Donald Trump, the USA Today...
Speculation grows over the timing of an interest rate cut
When might the Fed cut interest rates? Speculation is growing.
Speaking this morning at the Economic Club of Washington, Chair Jerome Powell said that the...
Roundup: BRSO / Tommy White / A growing Hub
New leadership: Marshall Carby has been appointed as the executive director of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra effective Sept. 1. Carby most recently served...
Capital Region execs share the one do-over they’d really like
Ever wished for a time machine to tweak a moment in your past?
We asked top executives just that: If you had one do-over,...
How to make in-house, remote and hybrid workers feel like one team
Over the past four years, we’ve all become familiar with the trade-offs between working in person and working virtually, notes Whitney Johnson, CEO of...
Roundup: Record highs / Louisiana special sessions / Lane Grigsby
Optimistic: Wall Street stock indexes closed higher on Friday, on bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September, while big...
Lawmakers look to change tax code to boost economy
Louisiana lawmakers held a hearing this week to discuss possible changes to the state's tax code, The Center Square reports.
The Joint Ways & Means...
What to know about the AT&T hack
AT&T’s disclosure Friday that a hacker downloaded call and text-message data from its subscribers raised questions about how its millions of customers would be...
Big bank results show consumers are slowing down spending
Signs of consumers slowing down their spending and falling behind on their bills weighed down shares of the big banks on Friday. JPMorgan Chase...
Meet the husband-wife team behind TruBlue
Amy Cheek and her husband, Jason, launched TruBlue, a locally owned corporate water delivery service, in 2017.
As Business Report writes in its latest issue,...
A luxury pet hotel brand eyes its first Louisiana location in the Capital Region
Local attorney Tommy Pittenger, the franchisee for luxury pet hotel brand K9 Resorts in south Louisiana, hopes to bring the brand’s first Louisiana location...
Roundup: School board / AT&T hack / PitchBR
Try again next week: A meeting originally intended to select a new superintendent for the East Baton Rouge School System led to deputies having...
Meet the Capital Region 500: Kevin Couhig
What’s the most valuable lesson venture capitalist Kevin Couhig learned from a difficult experience? That the most rewarding result will come from your response...
Wholesale inflation picks up while other indicators cool
Wholesale prices in the United States rose by a larger-than-expected 2.6% last month from a year earlier, a sign that some inflation pressures remain...
‘LaPolitics’: GOP weighs endorsement in 6th District
Elbert Guillory of Opelousas says he was "born an underdog," so his latest bid for elected office—this time for the new 6th Congressional District—should...
State surgeons general play a delicate role as public health becomes political
In May, Louisiana joined Arkansas, California, Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania in having an official state surgeon general, but questions remain what the Louisiana surgeon...
