5 THINGS to watch in February

Mark your calendar for these key events, meetings and developments scheduled for the month of February.

House committee advances bill aimed at easing state’s insurance crisis 

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill today to pour $45 million from state surplus funds into the Insure Louisiana Fund after pleas from Republican Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, State Rep. Timothy Kerner, R-Lafitte, and industry advocates. 

Federal recovery dollars won’t be used to replace BRAC annual funding from city-parish

When the Baton Rouge Area Chamber on Tuesday announced it would stop receiving an...

BRAC ends its funding relationship with city-parish

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber this morning announced it will no longer receive funding from the East Baton Rouge city-parish government

Despite shutdown, MidCity Makers Market organizers see bright future for local artisans 

You haven’t seen the last of the MidCity Makers Market.  Despite its Dec. 29 social...

Candidates for governor will share their visions for Louisiana’s future at LABI meeting 

Republican gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Jeff Landry, Treasurer John Schroder, State Sen. Sharon Hewitt of Slidell and State Rep. Richard Nelson of Mandeville are slated to speak at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s 2023 annual meeting on March 2, LABI announced this morning.  

One year after launch, BRAC’s online job board continues to evolve 

BR Works, the online job portal launched by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, has garnered 81,500 page views and 13,900 users since it went live one year ago, BRAC announced this morning.  

5 THINGS to watch this month

Mark your calendar for these key events, meetings and developments scheduled for the month of January.

Lee and Associates opening Baton Rouge commercial real estate office 

Lee and Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in North America, on Wednesday announced it is opening an office in Baton Rouge.   

Jay Ducote walks away from Gov’t Taco and Guaranty Media

Baton Rouge celebrity chef Jay Ducote has left Guaranty Media after more than three years.
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