Economic uncertainty related to the pandemic and its fallout over the past two years didn’t stop entrepreneurs from launching new businesses in the Capital Region. 

The Bridge Center for Hope, Louisiana’s first crisis receiving center for adults, didn’t serve as many people as expected during its first year

Baton Rouge-based Studyville is expanding to Alexandria and adding “outsourced homeschool” to its educational offerings, founder Amanda Vincent says.

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has put forward a nearly $1.3 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1, marking the first time CPRA could hit its goal of spending $1 billion annually on its 50-year, $50 billion comprehensive coastal restoration blueprint. 

New Orleans-based Corporate Realty is opening its first Baton Rouge office, at One America Place downtown. 

Our Lady of the Lake has announced a partnership with the American Cancer Society that includes a sponsorship and an effort to increase cancer screening.

A bill pending in the state House of Representatives would more than triple the minimum investment that property insurers would be required to have to operate in Louisiana.

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration is seeking proposals from outside firms that are interested in running the parish’s wastewater treatment facilities. 

Brown and Root Industrial Services, a Bernhard Capital company, continues to pursue two lawsuits against CSRS subsidiary Fides Consulting, alleging theft of trade secrets. 

The state’s plan to widen Interstate 10 from La. 415 to Essen Lane will cost between $1.8 billion and $2.1 billion, according to the Federal Highway Administration.