Stephanie Riegel

Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

🔒 Riegel: Revitalization must extend beyond downtown

To achieve its full potential, Baton Rouge must invest in long-ignored areas of the parish in a way similar to the revitalization of downtown.

I-10 widening project raising lots of questions, few answers

Almost four years after Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a funding source to cover the cost of widening Interstate 10 through the heart of Baton Rouge, the state is finalizing its construction plans for the project.

🔒 A highway of hell

While construction work draws closer on the widening of I-10 through Baton Rouge, key questions remain unanswered about the project.

🔒 Riegel: A winsome farewell

After a decade as "Business Report" editor and 8 years as a columnist, Stephanie Riegel bids farewell to pursue other challenges.

🔒 AgCenter researcher, reinstated after Title IX findings, applies for full professorship

An LSU AgCenter researcher at the center of a Title IX scandal has applied for promotion to full professor, university officials confirm.

🔒 For LSU, health care partnership could be worth hundreds of millions long term

There’s no telling, but LSU Foundation officials acknowledge the long-term deal could be “very significant,” potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

🔒 MBPCC, OLOL split forever changes Baton Rouge health care market 

With its six-story, red brick building standing prominently on the Essen Lane campus of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center appears very much to be part of the hospital. 

🔒 Commercial concerns

Office occupancy rates, already soft, have held fairly steady throughout the pandemic but some fear that will end when long-term leases come up for renewal.

🔒 Riegel: How many consultants does it take to run CATS?

How many consultants does it take to run CATS? The shocking answering is at least 10, including three for marketing and communications.

🔒 ​​Council gets its say today on Broome’s $73M ARP spending plan 

The Metro Council today will be asked to approve Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s spending plan for some $73 million in federal money that is headed to Baton Rouge.