Hotels are booming in Ascension Parish

Traveling along Interstate 10 through Gonzales, it’s hard to miss the abundance of hotels—from...

‘Business Report’ kicks off 2019 with special forecast issue

Business Report will not publish a print edition on New Year’s Day. Instead, subscribers...

Permian Basin producers give away gas as pipeline bottlenecks worsen  

American energy companies have spent billions of dollars in the past decade exploring for...

JR Ball: Building trust in Baton Rouge through transparency

In his new column, Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball says James Madison may...

‘225 Dine:’ Top Baton Rouge restaurant openings of 2018  

It’s safe to say 2018 was the year for sleek, chic and international restaurant...

Riegel: The Baton Rouge postal service problem

There are days when we all feel like throwing our workload in the trash...

Roundup: NOLA hotel tax / Slow to sports betting / Home price slowdown

Heavy rest: A night's stay at a New Orleans hotel can take as much...

Louisiana energy export economy growing

The onshore shale revolution drove domestic production to new milestones in 2018, growing U.S....

ExxonMobil having worst year since 1981

Things haven't been this bad for the world's biggest oil company’s stock since Ronald...

On-demand warehouse space gains traction in real estate markets

Through a trend called “on-demand warehousing,” some big retailers are turning to “pop-up” warehouses...