Annie Ourso Landry is a staff writer at the Baton Rouge Business Report. She can be reached at alandry@businessreport.com

2017 Influential Women in Business: Monique Scott-Spaulding

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Family: Widow of Michael John Spaulding, three sisters...

Seven steps: The many stages of DOTD’s project delivery process

(File photo) Traffic complaints in the Capital Region are as common as crawfish, and the...

State-level case can still be made in Sterling shooting, community leaders say

Although no federal charges will be brought against the Baton Rouge police officers involved...

How a husband and wife team of LSU biologists created one of Baton Rouge’s most flavorful and hottest-selling oysters

Steve Pollock, who owns Triple N Oyster Farm with his wife, Ginger Brininstool,...

Four Louisiana companies earned more than $50M from DOTD in 2016

(Photo by Tim Mueller) Four Louisiana construction companies each earned more than $50 million in...

The issue with a visa cap

“Because some missed the cap, we are not moving the amount of crawfish we...

As the Trump administration targets undocumented workers, key Louisiana industries could suffer a crippling labor shortage

In 1997, 18-year-old David Ozuna left his poverty-stricken neighborhood in Acapulco, Mexico, and headed...

Majority of Louisianans open to increased taxes for education, health care and transportation infrastructure

(Photo courtesy iStock) Louisianans in recent years have grown more tolerant—or at least less critical—of...

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ idea to tax corporate sales has little support among business groups

(Photo by The Associated Press) Weeks ahead of the legislative session that kicks off on...

William McGehee’s big gamble to build Baton Rouge’s first local brewery is paying off

Photography by Marie Constantin 2017 Baton Rouge Business Awards and Hall of Fame YOUNG BUSINESSPERSON OF...