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The Public Service Commission race is heating up
Candidates are starting to materialize for the soon-to-be vacant Public Service Commission seat, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
Incumbent Craig Greene announced last week that this year...
This trucking company just filed for bankruptcy, pulling 500 trucks off US roads
US Logistics Solutions, a Texas-based trucking company, is shutting down after filing for bankruptcy, in one of the largest trucking failures since less-than-truckload giant...
Roundup: Ten Commandments lawsuit / Minor marijuana pardon / Oil prices
Challenged: Several civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of nine Louisiana families, challenging the state's new law requiring the display...
Newly built homes going on the market continue to get smaller
The typical newly constructed house on the market these days is smaller than those for sale a decade ago, CNBC reports.
A single-family home newly...
Here’s when Louisiana’s education savings account program will debut
Louisiana’s new education savings account program is set to launch in August 2025, The Center Square reports.
Gov. Jeff Landry signed the Louisiana Giving All...
‘LaPolitics’: Does Louisiana have too many public universities for its size?
Monty Sullivan, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, reopened an old debate recently in response to news that Gov. Jeff Landry’s...
Roundup: Republican delegates / Big banks plan for the worst / Connecting families
Talking politics: Five of the Capital Region’s delegates to the upcoming Republican National Convention in Milwaukee will discuss the convention at the Chamber of...
Here’s where Louisiana unemployment stands right now
Initial unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana dropped during the third week of June, declining nearly 7.9% from the week prior, according to the latest...
Chris’s Specialty Foods opens its first fast-casual restaurant concept
Chris’s Specialty Foods, a locally owned butcher shop and specialty foods market with two Baton Rouge locations, has opened its first restaurant concept at...
See which Louisiana parish pushed back against dollar store growth
Dollar stores are expanding their footprints, especially across the South, but there are plenty of opponents trying to cut off their growth.
Tangipahoa Parish is...
Unaffordability defining residential real estate market
Home prices are at an all-time high and a record number of renters are spending at least half their income on housing, Governing reports.
The...
New LNG projects threatened by rising labor costs
A shortage of skilled labor coupled with high inflation along the Gulf Coast is pressuring liquefied natural gas developers and delaying some projects from...
On the Planning Commission agenda: Nicholson Drive development and a building demolition
This evening, the Planning Commission will consider a proposed mixed-use development for a 22-acre stretch along Nicholson Drive.
Commercial Properties Realty Trust submitted its plans...
Car dealer cyberattack stretches into a second week
The outage of popular car dealer operations software CDK has reached into a second week after a cybersecurity attack last week took the software...
Why five Metro Council members are suing over the new district map
Five of Baton Rouge’s Metro Council members will hold a news conference Wednesday to announce their filing of a lawsuit against the new district...
Local developer buys 250 acres near Baker for $2.3M
Developer Kevin Nguyen bought just over 250 acres off Highway 964 just west of Baker, according to a deal filed last week with the...
Roundup: John K. Pierre / Heat advisory / Ten Commandments law
Speaking: Southern University Chancellor John K. Pierre will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge. He will discuss his plans...
Biden administration looks to boost access to affordable housing
The Biden administration is announcing new steps to increase access to affordable housing as still-high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest...
Baton Rouge riverboat casino revenue rebounds in May
Baton Rouge’s trio of riverboat casinos collectively saw revenue pick back up last month after dipping in April.
L’Auberge Baton Rouge, The Queen (formerly Hollywood...
Why Baton Rouge’s industrial real estate market remains gridlocked
The Baton Rouge industrial real estate market continues to find itself in a state of “gridlock and stagnation” even as the national market appears...
