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Better in BTR campaign adds a new wrinkle
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Visit Baton Rouge on Tuesday released its Better in BTR human resources and marketing tool kit, part of...
Businesses will now have fewer options when declaring bankruptcy
An allowance that made it easier for businesses to declare bankruptcy is expiring on Friday, Inc. reports.
The debt limit to file for Subchapter V...
US jobless claims fall but what about in Louisiana?
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped last week as the U.S. labor market remained resilient.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless...
Meet Capital Region pet cremator Lorenzo Bennett
Starting a pet crematory might sound unorthodox, but for Lorenzo Bennett, it was a tidy fusion of both market need and personal interests.
His Prairieville-based...
Mortgage demand is tapering even as rates cool
Consumers seemed unimpressed by the latest drop in mortgage rates, with total mortgage application volume rising just 0.9% from the previous week, CNBC reports.
The...
Office building at Jefferson and Wrenwood sells
A two-story office building at the corner of Wrenwood Boulevard and Jefferson Highway has sold, according to sales documents filed last week with the...
Officials predict the Gulf’s dead zone will be worse than usual this year
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting the size of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be 5,827 square miles,...
Roundup: Aptim / Les Miles suing / FDIC leadership
Congratulations: Baton Rouge-based Aptim, an environmental and resilience firm, has been listed as the No. 4 Top Hazardous Waste Contractor on Engineering News-Record’s 2024...
Here’s why Americans feel the way they do about the economy
If the U.S. economy is so strong, why are so many Americans unhappy with it?
Turns out the pandemic has changed virtually everything about how...
ThreeSixtyEight’s Adrian Owen Jones on the link between AI prompts and leadership
Adrian Owen Jones recently led a ChatGPT training with a small team. At the conclusion of the session, the chief growth officer at ThreeSixtyEight...
‘Brace for competition’: The Capital Region is on the cusp of an apartment boom
A ‘historically significant’ number of new apartment units are under construction or planned in the Capital Region over the next two years, and vacancy...
Roundup: The judge speaks / Bill of health / Louisiana sues again
Rotary: Darrel James Papillion, a judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, will speak at the Rotary Club of...
Facing a $600M shortfall, can Louisiana eliminate its income tax?
Gov. Jeff Landry is readjusting his goals, shifting from eliminating the state's income tax to reducing it for now, the USA Today network reports.
Moving...
Roundup: Jubans / State jobs / City data
New leadership: Jubans Restaurant & Bar has a new general manager: Ethan Gaubert. The Luling native previously served as general manager of J. Alexander’s...
Louisiana joins coalition of states pushing back against green energy transition
Louisiana has joined a 19-state coalition challenging a federal agency requiring states to implement a “green energy” transition, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
Led by Texas, the...
Retail sales rise a meager 0.1% in May from April
Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates curbed spending.
Retail sales...
Roundup: Active tornado season / Raising Cane’s / EEOC rules
Near record: April and May of this year together had the second most tornadoes on record, behind only 2011, according to the National Weather...
Landry now has control of the ethics board that reprimanded him
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a bill giving him control over the Louisiana Board of Ethics, Louisiana Illuminator reports, even as a dispute between...
New LED headquarters set to finish later this year
Work to transform the Capitol Park Welcome Center into Louisiana Economic Development’s new headquarters is expected to be completed later this year.
LED’s decision to...
Landry signs law reducing unemployment benefits in Louisiana
Louisiana's unemployment benefits will shrink, thanks to a newly signed law taking effect at the beginning of the new year, WBRZ-TV reports.
As of Jan....
