Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

City-parish plans to bid out drainage projects due to workforce shortage

The city-parish will bid out the drainage and flood-control projects it is proposing to fund with some of the recent pandemic relief money appropriated to Baton Rouge in order to get work going more quickly, city-parish Director of Transportation and Drainage Fred Raiford says.

Knapp: BRAC wants to help business owners address city’s crime problem

In the wake of Monday’s fatal road-rage shooting in the parking lot of his...

Broome administration will pitch Rescue Act spending plan to Metro Council

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration has released its plan for spending the first batch of pandemic relief money coming to the city-parish under President Biden’s American Rescue Act.

ExxonMobil moving forward with $247M upgrade of Baton Rouge refinery

Economic development officials are celebrating this morning’s announcement by ExxonMobil that it will move...

News alert: ExxonMobil greenlights $247M upgrade of Baton Rouge refinery

ExxonMobil announced this morning it will move forward with a $247 million investment at its north Baton Rouge refinery to modernize and upgrade the aging facility and enhance its competitiveness.

Benny’s owner on road-rage killing: ‘Where are you safe anymore in Baton Rouge?’

Though he was busy at a trade show in Dallas, Benny’s Car Wash owner...

Black caucus calls out what it sees as legislative hypocrisy

Members of the Legislative Black Caucus and other social justice advocacy organizations will hold...

LSU associate AD files whistleblower suit in state court

LSU Associate Athletic Director Sharon Lewis has filed another lawsuit against LSU and several...

FranU developing new building, cornerstone of separate campus

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has announced it’s moving forward with the first...

Legislature approves bill to cover bariatric surgeries for state employees

Officials with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s new Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Our Lady...