Downtown Baton Rouge to get new Starbucks on ground floor of Courtyard Marriott

Downtown will get its first Starbucks in 2017, when the Courtyard Marriott opens at...

Marathon Petroleum scraps plans for massive expansion at Garyville refinery  

Marathon Petroleum has decided not to move forward with a previously announced expansion at...

Japanese joint venture locating headquarters in LaPlace following acquisition of DuPont’s Neoprene business

A newly formed joint venture of Japanese firms Kenka Co. Limited and Mitsui &...

BREC moving hiring process online, doing away with paper applications

Anyone looking for work with the city-parish’s parks and recreation department will have to...

Baton Rouge launches app to get public feedback on city-parish departments, employees

Baton Rouge citizens will now be able to give real-time feedback about their experiences...

Baton Rouge DUI arrests down nearly 18% in year since Uber entered market; app deserves partial credit, police chief says

In the 15 months since Uber entered the Baton Rouge market, DUI arrests have...

Louisiana ranked as having nation’s fourth-best business climate by ‘Site Selection’

Louisiana slipped two spots on the latest ranking of states for business climate by...

Louisiana’s last tax amnesty period until 2025 begins later this month

Delinquent taxpayers will have one last shot to pay what they owe with lessened...