Dillon Lowe is a writer covering banking, energy, finance, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, law, politics, restaurants, retail and more. His work has also appeared in Slate, 10/12 Industry Report, 225 Magazine, BIC Magazine and River Beats New Orleans, among other publications.

Spanish Town café and market Belli announces it will close

Belli, a Spanish Town café and market that opened last summer in the historic...

Red Stick Social shifting to private events only

Red Stick Social, a Mid City entertainment venue that opened in 2019, announced Thursday...

Baton Rouge Starbucks workers vote to unionize

Workers at the Starbucks location on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard voted 10 to 4...

LSU cybersecurity team awarded $1M to fight online crime and terrorism

Two research projects led by LSU cybersecurity experts have each been awarded $500,000 in...

Celtic Studios names new executive director

The Celtic Group has hired Cory Parker as executive director, a position the company...

A new hotel opens in downtown Baton Rouge today

Origin Hotel Baton Rouge, located at the site of the former Holiday Inn Express...

Mayor Broome talks progress, future areas of focus in State of the City address

In her annual State of the City address at the Rotary Club of Baton...

Body Sculpt Barre Studio is opening a pop-up studio in Baton Rouge

Body Sculpt Barre Studio, founded in Prairieville in 2013, will open a pop-up studio...

How Black entrepreneurship is growing in the Capital Region and beyond

Historically, Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. have had no choice but to navigate an...

LSU awarded $780,000 to help Louisiana tribe protect coastal land

LSU is working with the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe in Terrebonne Parish to protect its...