Baton Rouge firm awarded contract under Trump’s Gaza reconstruction initiative

Donald Trump's Board of Peace, established in January to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza,...

Roundup: Lamar Advertising earnings / Sowela-Exxon partnership / Mortgage rates

A strong Q2 : Lamar Advertising reported strong second-quarter 2026 results, with revenue up...

This local healthcare CEO turned independence into a competitive advantage

For nearly four decades, Edgar Silvey has built his career around one constant: change. As...

Rolfe McCollister: Two decades later, how did we do?

When Business Report marked its 20th anniversary in 2002, Rolfe McCollister looked ahead and...

Roundup: House Brew opening / New kind of flu shot / US jobless claims

No longer a pop-up: House Brew founder Manning Bergeron is opening a permanent coffee...

Think you can replace a chief of staff with AI? CEOs say think again

The role of chief of staff has become increasingly strategic as businesses grow more...

How millisecond demand swings are quietly destroying data center hardware

AI data centers are exposing a growing infrastructure challenge because their electricity demand changes...

Roundup: Bank of America / Microsoft’s AI backbone / New blood pressure device

GLP-1 support: Bank of America spends more than $250 million annually covering GLP-1 weight...

Landlocked and loaded: How the Baton Rouge casino market beat the odds

As Business Report writes in its July issue, Louisiana's decision to let riverboat casinos...

Judge blocks suit against Atalco over ‘red mud’ from resuming as talks continue

More than two years after Louisiana regulators first documented industrial "red mud" waste leaking...