How LSU is working to keep football players safe ahead of Sept. 26 opener

With the SEC on Tuesday announcing guidelines for its 14 member schools to protect...

Metro Council to vote on controversial gas station at Airline and Old Hammond

A neighborhood dispute is brewing over a proposed Murphy Oil gas station at the...

Lower hotel occupancies means developers bear higher TIF costs

With hotel occupancy down locally, the tax dollars that help offset some bonded costs are also down, meaning developers are having to use more of their own money to pay debt obligations.

‘Business Report’ webinar: Embracing workplace diversity a marathon, not a sprint

Embracing a diverse workplace increases an organization’s bottom line, making a small, medium-sized or...

Single-family homes for less than $350K are hot sellers in Baton Rouge 

With record-low mortgage rates, certain pockets of Baton Rouge’s residential real estate market are...

Tenacity took Chris Russo Blackwood through each of her career’s incarnations

Blackwood has learned a thing or two about resilience over the years—lessons that are particularly useful to today's entrepreneur.

Baton Rouge’s custom pool builders see sales spike during pandemic

Baton Rouge-area residents have been flocking outdoors in record numbers, delivering a major boon to local custom pool builders, who are seeing their sales rise as more homebound clients funnel more dollars into their backyards. However, the unexpected demand has led to supply chain issues, workforce shortages and project backlogs that, in some cases, stretch back several months.

Despite challenges, 70% of Louisiana’s child care facilities have reopened

As some of Baton Rouge’s private and independent schools fully reopen their campuses, Louisiana’s child care providers are trying to follow suit, despite a series of setbacks. Back in March, when Louisiana’s stay-at-home order went into effect, some 70% of the state’s licensed early learning centers shut down. To date, that number has flipped, with about 70% having reopened.

‘Understand how your data flows:’ More from ‘Business Report’s’ cybersecurity webcast

As hackers take advantage of corporate America’s migration toward teleworking, more cyberattacks targeting supply...

Is your business safe from cyberattacks? Hear from the experts in ‘Business Report’s’ webcast 

While the threat of cyberattacks will never be eliminated, small- and medium-sized businesses in...