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Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Rare A. Hays Town-designed office...
This office building, located in the trendy Capital Heights neighborhood, was designed by renowned architect A. Hays Town and boasts countless architectural features emblematic...
Roundup: Nonprofit to shutter / Houston worried / West Nile in EBR
Eye on wetlands: The America’s WETLAND Foundation announced this morning it would be ceasing operations after “completing its mission.” The nonprofit organization has worked...
Jefferson Parish resident tests positive for coronavirus
A Louisiana resident has tested positive for the new coronavirus and is in a New Orleans hospital, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday.
Edwards said...
JR Ball: The St. George saga moves to the state Capitol
There are those active in the St. George movement who suggest little will ultimately be at stake with the anti-incorporation lawsuit filed by Mayor...
News alert: Louisiana sees first presumed case of coronavirus
A Jefferson Parish resident is presumed to have Louisiana’s first positive case of COVID-19, commonly referred to as coronavirus, and is being hospitalized in...
Don’t miss the ‘Business Report’ industry-focused Power Breakfast
Business Report is hosting a 2020 Power Breakfast focused on south Louisiana’s industrial sector on April 1.
American Chemistry Council Chief Economist and Managing Director...
Entire Runnels School to close at end of academic year
The entire Runnels School is closing at the end of the academic year, school leaders announced to parents Sunday, citing a “decade-long decline in...
Broome expanding youth workforce experience program
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome is expanding her Mayor’s Youth Workforce Experience program, an eight-week job placement program for Baton Rouge workers ages 14 to...
Global oil price drop expected to impact Louisiana industry, budget
Saudi Arabia is tanking worldwide oil prices over a dispute with Russia about how to handle the economic turmoil resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic.
The...
Roundup: 5th Congressional District / Truck company sale / Cruise ship warning
Field widens: Republican Luke Letlow has joined the 5th Congressional District race to replace retiring boss U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, The News Star reports....
Marucci Sports sold for $200M
Marucci Sports, one of Baton Rouge’s fastest-growing companies, has been sold to Compass Diversified Holdings for $200 million, Compass announced this morning.
Marucci makes baseball...
Analysis: GOP, business groups aligned on tort reform as session begins
Business groups see an opportunity with the new, more conservative Republican-led Louisiana Legislature to gain traction on a top goal, to rein in civil...
Riegel: What rankings really say about Baton Rouge employment
The recent Wall Street Journal ranking of metropolitan job markets across the U.S. was a big black eye for Baton Rouge, which fell a...
Investment Tip of the Week, sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisor Tony Boagni: Risks around...
With the recent headlines surrounding the coronavirus and the elections, please read the article from the Wells Fargo Investment Institute here on how to...
Workforce Tip of the Week, sponsored by Spectrum Employee Services: Should I worry about...
It seems that the already confusing Affordable Care Act legislation couldn’t get more complicated, but it does, and it has become a constant political...
LSU AgCenter finalizes deal for St. Gabriel mitigation bank
The LSU AgCenter has finalized a deal with a firm to place nearly 900 acres of property in St. Gabriel into a wetlands mitigation...
Former surgical hospital in north Baton Rouge being converted into behavioral hospital
The former Greater Baton Rouge Surgical Hospital on Howell Boulevard in north Baton Rouge, recently purchased by a Texas firm, will be renovated into...
Consultant to LSU board: “You are doing something right”
A consultant with the organization studying the consolidated leadership structure LSU adopted in 2012 told the Board of Supervisors today that in the eight...
ICYMI: Top stories from ‘Daily Report’ this week
Key news you might have missed:
• Square 46 is on sale for $5M
• Two vaccine exemption bills are filed for the Legislative session...
Get to know: Peggy Scott, 2020 Baton Rouge Business Hall of Fame inductee
There is something magnetic about Peggy Scott. When she talks, her excitement seems to physically travel from her mouth to the fingertips of her...
