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Traction steps up its game in Ascension Parish
Traction Sports Performance has officially expanded into Ascension Parish, opening an 11,400-square-foot facility last week on West Outfitters Drive in Gonzales, near Cabela’s and...
Roundup: Federal workers / Mortgage rates / Easter spending
Revoked: The Supreme Court has lifted a lower-court order that directed the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 federal employees it fired, with justices...
A local lawmaker is proposing giving student-athletes a tax break
State Rep. Dixon McMakin, R-Baton Rouge, is proposing Louisiana college athletes receive a state income tax break on money earned through name, image and...
Roundup: BREC at Rotary / ExxonMobil / Stocks rise
Guest speaker: Corey Wilson, executive director of BREC, will speak at the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge on Wednesday afternoon. The Rotary Club meets...
‘LaPolitics’: Capitoland plots fiscal session in wake of failed amendment
After voters spat out their attempt to overhaul the article of the Constitution that governs revenue and finance through a single amendment, lawmakers are...
Are Louisiana lawmakers still eyeing income tax cuts?
Despite facing a $194 million budget shortfall, the push to reduce—and perhaps eventually eliminate—Louisiana’s personal income tax remains very much alive.
That’s according to state...
Roundup: Buyer’’s market / Retirement strain / Power surgeÂ
Spring shift ahead: Signs of a more buyer-friendly housing market are emerging in time for the spring homebuying season. Home prices are rising more...
Geismar property housing Marucci Sports sells for $34.5M
The property housing Marucci Sports' 200,000-square-foot facility—along with two other tenants—in the Rivermark 185 Industrial and Logistics Park development in Geismar has changed hands.
A...
How Capital Region physicians are pushing against insurance treatment limits
Capital Region physicians and other health care providers say they must navigate a landscape that is increasingly cumbersome, requiring more prior authorizations and additional...
This $2.8B settlement could change college athletics forever
A federal judge opened the final hearing for a landmark $2.8 billion settlement that will impact every corner of college athletics by saying she...
Woodside Energy finds a $5.8B partner for Louisiana LNG
Woodside Energy has found a partner for a multibillion dollar investment in a liquefied natural gas production and export terminal in Calcasieu Parish, The...
Victoria’s Toy Station is up for sale after 40 years in business
Victoria’s Toy Station on Government Street, which has been open for more than 40 years, is now up for sale for $1.2 million.
Beau Box...
Roundup: Banning reservation trading / Legislative preview / LSU budget cuts
Table for two, please: A lawmaker has filed a bill to ban reservation trading apps from operating in Louisiana. People are buying and selling...
Here’s a snapshot of how the Ascension commercial real estate market fared in Q1
The Ascension Parish commercial real estate market finished the first quarter of 2025 with an increase in sales volume but a slight decline in...
Critics warn of the impacts of last week’s $744M judgment against ChevronÂ
After a Plaquemines Parish jury last week ruled that Chevron must pay $744 million in damages, critics are warning that the lawsuit—and dozens of...
What does the future of health care in Baton Rouge look like?
Running a hospital has never been easy, but today’s health care leaders are facing more challenges than ever.
Rising costs, staffing shortages, evolving technology and...
Chevron gets hit with a $740M verdict over Louisiana’s wetlands
Oil company Chevron must pay at least $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday...
How the Baton Rouge Health District is prescribing innovation
The Baton Rouge landscape is dotted with world-class medical facilities, each a testament to the city’s commitment to health care excellence.
But as Business Report...
Roundup: Earned income tax credit / Natural gas / Dow plunges 2,000
Doubling the credit: Rep. Matthew Willard, D-New Orleans, has filed a bill proposing to double the state's Earned Income Tax Credit for low- and...
A financial firm just snapped up this Denham Springs office space for $2M
Denham Springs-based Presley Wealth Management is relocating to a larger office after purchasing a two-story building just down the street from its current location.
Founder...
