Capital Area United Way is ramping up its workplace giving campaigns after Louisiana’s fourth surge of COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida caused delays. 

Companies that violate President Joe Biden’s call to ensure their employees are either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly could face fines of $13,600 per employee and another $136,000 for “willful violations.”

Insurance agents and policyholders are finding it difficult to get answers to their questions about Risk Rating 2.0, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new approach to pricing flood insurance. 

The owners of Circa 1857, the popular Mid City purveyor of art and antiques, are planning a new retail spot downtown.

New federal flood insurance rules and pricing are meant to curtail development in high-risk areas, but so far they’re only generating controversy.

The unemployment rate for the Baton Rouge metropolitan area fell to 4.2% in September compared to 5% in August, according to preliminary estimates the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

Game Coin, a digital currency founded by Baton Rouge entrepreneurs, has officially completed its security audit, the company announced today. 

Louisiana’s U.S. senators have joined several colleagues in proposing legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five years while making changes that would include capping annual price increases at 9%.

Developer Cornelius Quarels says he hopes to open The Main Lobby, a new lounge in the former Hound Dogs location downtown, before the end of the year.

Build Baton Rouge CEO Chris Tyson says he expects construction to begin during the first quarter of next year on a $10 million mixed-use development on Plank Road in north Baton Rouge.