Seven months after historic flooding upended the Baton Rouge area apartment market, signs of normalcy are emerging

Some 2,800 new multifamily units were added to the market over the past two...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome takes on her toughest job yet as she tries to unite a city-parish divided by race, class and geography

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome says she knows some of her objectives, such as establishing...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome: On the issues

photography by Don Kadair Business Report sat down with Mayor Sharon Weston Broome for a...

Meet the Metro Council newbies: Hudson, Watson, Freiberg

Last fall, East Baton Rouge Parish voters elected a new Metro Council that looks...

The ‘Louisiana Chemical Corridor’ is coming to fruition with the help of LSU’s new Industrial Innovation Center

LSU Construction Management Professor Jonathan Shi, who is leading the university’s new Industrial Innovation...

For three decades, George Lockhart has found profit in industrial waste transit

For more than three decades now, George Lockhart’s business has been transporting industrial waste. The...

Mental health programs for employees are becoming commonplace in the industrial workplace

For an industrial contractor like Turner Industries, safety is paramount. But ensuring safety takes...

Seventy-year-old Danos is an institution in the oilfield services industry

It’s about 1960 or so, and Hank Danos—not even 13 years old—is piloting an...

Trendspotter: Gregory Bowser, President, Louisiana Chemical Association/Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance

Back in October, the Louisiana Chemical Association and the Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance announced...