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Trip of the Week, Sponsored by Baton Rouge Metro Airport: Philadelphia: Discover America in...
Fly nonstop from BTR to Charlotte on American, Atlanta on Delta or Houston on United. From there it’s a quick hop to the historical...
Commercial Property of the Week, Sponsored by Elifin Realty: Unique Corner Lot on Government...
This is a rare chance to setup your business, restaurant, or retail space with premium frontage on Government Street in Mid City. This unique...
Riegel: The Louisiana way of doing business
In her new column, Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel takes a hard look at the negative aspects of Louisiana’s particular way of doing business....
‘Business Report’ still accepting nominations for Influential Women in Business
There are less than two weeks left to nominate someone for Business Report’s 2019 Influential Women in Business.
The awards annually honor professional women in the...
Southern University’s medical marijuana grower applies for Baker property rezoning
A project and construction manager with Southern University’s contracted medical marijuana grower has applied for rezoning to light industrial use on property along Plank...
BREC selling $4M of obsolete south Baton Rouge properties to fund Airline Highway Community...
In an effort to fund its new Airline Highway Community Park, BREC has OK’d selling two of its vacant Baton Rouge properties for a...
CSC Customs expanding with second facility
Baton Rouge-based automotive and truck accessories business CSC Customs is expanding with a second facility to offer expanded services to car dealerships, in a...
Louisiana population shrunk at 7th-fastest rate in US
There were 1,824 fewer people living in Louisiana in July 2017 than there were the year previous, which made it America’s seventh-fastest shrinking state....
Roundup: BREC superintendent contract / LSU business college honorees / BRPD officer shortage
Pay day: The BREC Board of Commissions will consider approving a three-year, $557,135 contract for newly appointed superintendent Corey Wilson at its meeting this...
Lighting it up: Baton Rouge’s lone neon sign maker is in high demand
As the owner of Cajun Custom Neon, Clyde Bass is also the sole neon bender left in Baton Rouge.
“When the popularity of neon took...
Louisiana educators seek new remedies for student behavior problems
More than 1,400 Louisiana educators were in Baton Rouge Wednesday for the first Behavioral Intervention Summit.
As The Advertiser reports, the event was designed to...
One Louisiana public defender, 194 felony cases and no time
On April 27, 2017, Jack Talaska, a Lafayette lawyer for the poor, was handling 194 felony cases. Of those clients, 113 had been formally...
FERC delays on Louisiana LNG decision frays nerves
The mysterious delay of a $4.5 billion liquefied natural gas facility on the Louisiana coast has turned a case before the Federal Energy Regulatory...
Roundup: Calling Louisiana filmmakers / New LSU Press director / Oil train comeback
Action!: Louisiana Public Broadcasting is accepting short film entries from local filmmakers for possible inclusion in the eighth annual PBS Online Film Festival. The...
‘Business Report’ Publisher: Governor’s ITEP change helps Texas
“In my 40 years, this is the best economic development move I have ever seen by any Louisiana governor—for the state of Texas.”
—Economist Loren...
Health Tip of the Week, Sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Top stressful jobs and...
The top 10 most stressful jobs of 2018 according to CareerCast:
1. Enlisted military personnel
2. Firefighter
3. Airline pilot
4. Police officer
5. Event coordinator
6. Reporter
7. Broadcaster
8. Public...
Commercial Property of the Week, Sponsored by Elifin Realty: Medical office building for sale...
Take advantage of the opportunity to acquire a fantastic property right on O’Neal Lane. This 12,053-square-foot office building is located less than one mile...
Trip of the Week, Sponsored by Baton Rouge Metro Airport: Experience the seaside art-filled...
Fly nonstop from BTR to Dallas, Atlanta or Houston, then straight on to the West Coast. From San Francisco, put the top down and wind...
Report finds waiters, manufacturers most likely to lose jobs to automation
Some of the lowest-paying jobs have the most potential to be automated, Reuters reports, based on the findings of a recent Brookings Institution analysis....
Baton Rouge health care marketplace in flux
The health care industry has been in a state of flux for decades, as the rising cost and complexity of delivery services exerts pressure...
