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Roundup: Copper imports / Churches can endorse / Local LEAP scores
50% tariff planned: President Donald Trump says he plans to implement a 50% duty on copper imports as part of a set of looming...
Roundup: TSA changes / Small business confidence / Vaccines discussionÂ
Keep your shoes on: After nearly 20 years of passengers having to take off their shoes while going through airport security, they might soon...
New York nonprofit acquires Heritage Ranch property in Zachary
A New York-based nonprofit has acquired the approximately 50 acres that house the Heritage Ranch in Zachary.
Timothy Hill Ranch, an organization providing Christian-centered residential...
Investors are buying more homes in the US as prices continue to rise
Real estate investors are snapping up a bigger share of U.S. homes on the market as rising prices and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze...
‘LaPolitics’: October ballot is about more than NOLA
What follows is a sampling of potential races to watch from the Oct. 11 ballot. While the marquee elections in Orleans Parish for mayor...
EBR sales tax collections dropped 15% in April
April 2025 by Holly Duchmann
EPA green-lights Louisiana’s air quality plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Louisiana’s long-delayed air quality plan, concluding the state isn’t significantly contributing to sulfur dioxide pollution in other...
New owners check in at this hotel near BTR
The 77-room Sonesta Essential hotel property near the Baton Rouge Airport has new ownership.
Brothers Hospitality LLC, represented by Bakulbhai Patel, bought the property from...
How local companies are responding as cultural shifts reshape diversity efforts
Efforts to understand how Baton Rouge-area businesses are adapting to shifts in diversity, equity and inclusion policies are being met with silence—even from organizations...
Roundup: Asian tariffs / Egg prices / OPEC+
New tariffs: President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, citing persistent trade imbalances with...
How entrepreneur Stuart Gilly is rallying Baton Rouge to give back
Baton Rouge entrepreneur Stuart Gilly is on a mission to transform the city—one volunteer project and small business at a time.Â
Through Grow with the...
Roundup: Federal funding cuts / Louisiana Democratic Party / Texas floods
School cuts: The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to freeze $6.8 billion in K-12 funding has alarmed state officials and educators, who warn it...
From boom to bust? Clean energy sector braces for fallout
The renewable energy sector is facing a major shake-up following President Trump’s newly signed spending bill, which rolls back key tax credits under the...
What steep US tariffs would mean for those on both sides of the Atlantic
The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on America’s largest trade partner in a...
How to successfully transition from a manager to an executive
Stepping into a senior leadership role means rethinking what success looks like—and what your team needs from you.Â
As Harvard Business Review writes, where managers...
Corporate leaders are now talking more openly about AI and potential job cutsÂ
Corporate leaders are becoming more vocal about the disruptive impact artificial intelligence could have on white-collar jobs, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
Ford CEO Jim...
Why US refiners are increasingly relying on shale oil
American refiners are relying more heavily than ever on domestic shale oil, consuming the lightest blend of crude on record, Bloomberg writes.Â
With supplies of...
From beer to breakthrough: Baton Rouge partners are turning CO2 into ethanol
A chance conversation at a Mid City gym in 2022 sparked a clean energy startup now gaining national recognition.Â
As Business Report writes in its...
Sombreros restaurant in Walker will relocate to a new, bigger space
Sombreros Mexican Kitchen & Cantina in Walker plans to relocate from its current location in the Walker Plaza retail center near Walmart to a...
Roundup: Fourth of July events / Extreme weather / UPS layoffs
Fireworks and more: Looking for ways to celebrate the Fourth of July? From a classic neighborhood parade to rooftop fireworks downtown, the holiday is...
