Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

With tax renewal approaching, CATS releases economic impact study

As it prepares to ask voters this fall to renew a 10-year, 10.6-mill dedicated tax, the Capital Area Transit System has released an economic impact study suggesting the bus system will generate some $1.6 billion in economic activity over the next decade.

Juban’s to reopen late this year with new look and menu

After sitting dormant for more than a year, Juban’s Creole restaurant will reopen late this year or in early 2022, its owners say.

How did The Penthouse Club snag one of the biggest pandemic relief grants in Baton Rouge?

What was surprising is that the third-largest grant award in Baton Rouge went—not to the Manship Theatre or the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, as you might expect—but to Baton Rouge Sports Restaurant Inc., a Bennington Avenue establishment better known by the name under which it does business, The Penthouse Club.

After another Tigerland murder, DA discusses possible solutions

A little-known state law could become an effective tool in helping prosecutors go after the owners of properties that create a public nuisance and foster criminal activity.

Flood projects money is coming, city-parish begins negotiating with landowners

The Broome administration is moving forward with plans to acquire more than 340 acres of low-lying undeveloped property in Baton Rouge’s floodplain in an effort to improve drainage throughout the parish.

Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate library, pest control taxes to drainage under fire 

Metro Council member Dwight Hudson’s proposal to rededicate a portion of tax dollars from...

Gaudet aims to crack down on street drag racing with stiffer penalties

Metro Council member Rowdy Guadet is hoping to crack down on Baton Rouge’s ongoing...

Four years later, Bluebonnet land deal remains in legal limbo

Some four years after the city-parish sued local contractor Radu Cosman over his controversial $10,000 purchase of a prime tract of undeveloped land the case remains in legal limbo.

Pilot training school lands at BTR Jet Center

ATP Flight School, the largest aviation training company in the U.S., has opened its...

St. George incorporation lawsuit could get trial date at hearing next week

More than 20 months after the city-parish filed suit challenging the incorporation of the...