Broome announces launch of EBR’s first-ever DBE certification program

The city-parish on Dec. 1 will launch its first-ever Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification program,...

Baton Rouge restaurants see mostly benefits from QR code menus

The pandemic has pushed QR code menus into the mainstream, with some Baton Rouge restaurants investing in the contactless codes for safety and cost reasons.

Controversial Genesis Energy ITEP request, Praxair’s appeal land on BC&I agenda

Though today’s Louisiana Board of Commerce & Industry meeting has been postponed due to Hurricane Zeta, industrial tax exemption requests from Genesis Energy and an appeal from Praxair remain sources of controversy.

Metro Council to vote on annexation petitions from 13 Willow Ridge residents

The Metro Council tomorrow will take up a measure that would annex several unincorporated...

Local entrepreneur to open automated make-your-own pizza prototype in Tigerland

A local entrepreneur plans to open an automated pizza system in a 25-foot container in the Tigerland parking lot in February, building on a make-your-own pizza trend that appears to be coming to Baton Rouge.

LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business secures a new dean

LSU has tapped Jared Llorens to serve as dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business, the university announced today.

LSU readjusts spring semester calendar, plans virtual fall graduation

LSU is readjusting its academic calendar for the spring semester, with shorter breaks, additional...

LSU’s Nicholson Gateway earns national award for student housing development

LSU’s Nicholson Gateway project—delivered by RISE as the first phase of a long-term public-private...

Poor Boy Lloyd’s to be featured in Todd Graves’ ‘Restaurant Recovery’ docuseries

If you were downtown earlier this week, chances are you spotted film crews outside Poor Boy Lloyd’s on Florida Street. That’s because Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves was at the po-boy and seafood restaurant, shooting footage for his new docuseries, Restaurant Recovery, where he will help restaurants that have either closed or are on the verge of closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Proposed ban on federal offshore oil leases spurs attacks from LMOGA, Garret Graves

Louisiana’s oil and gas industry and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves are criticizing a new...