Stephanie Riegel, Author at Baton Rouge Business Report

State Medicaid contractor expanding presence in downtown Baton Rouge

In the relatively soft downtown office market, it’s always heralded when a new tenant...

Talks between St. George and Broome administration off to a rocky start

A much anticipated first meeting today between Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and organizers of...

Central defends law enforcement arrangement

Central Mayor David Barrow is defending his city’s arrangement with East Baton Rouge Parish...

New poll gives Edwards razor-thin lead over Rispone; turnout will be key

With a little more than two weeks until the gubernatorial runoff, a new poll...

Bernhard sewer deal in Ascension Parish isn’t done yet; vote delayed until November

Approval of a deal between Ascension Parish and Ascension Sewer, a new company created...

Citizens demand review of EBRSO services agreement with Central in wake of St. George

Two Baton Rouge citizens are requesting a formal review of the way East Baton...

North Baton Rouge council members raising questions about tire shredder deal approved last month

Just six weeks after the Metro Council unanimously approved an agreement with an environmental...

Baton Rouge business leaders meet with lawyers on fighting St. George incorporation

More than a dozen of the city’s most prominent business leaders gathered at the...

Gissel: Third party donors to pay for Broome’s legal challenge to St. George

Baton Rouge taxpayers will not be stuck picking up the tab for the legal...

John Paul Funes sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for OLOL theft

John Paul Funes, the former chief fundraiser for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $800,000 from the hospital’s foundation.