Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

Metro Council asked to weigh in on phasing out of state inventory tax

The Broome administration is asking the Metro Council to approve a resolution at its meeting later today “strongly opposing” a bill to eliminate the state’s inventory tax—unless any such measure would supplement the revenue loss for all parish taxing jurisdictions.

Lawsuit drags on three years after structural failure at downtown library site

This month marks three years since a structural failure caused by a faulty weld...

LSU AgCenter remains silent on Title IX case involving researcher

Nearly one week after Daily Report detailed the unusual case of Niranjan Baisakh, a researcher at the LSU AgCenter who was accused in 2016 by a female graduate student of stalking, sexual harassment and sexual assault and had his tenure “removed” only to have it reinstated by the university three years later, questions remain as to how the unorthodox sanction was handed down and who approved the measures.

Local businesses happy to lose restrictions but struggling to staff up

While restaurant and business owners are welcoming the crowds returning to their establishments in the days since Gov. John Bel Edwards relaxed the state’s COVID-19 restrictions, many say they’re having a hard time rehiring enough staff to keep up.

Mese family property in Garden District sells for $1.17M

The Mese family has sold its property in the middle of the Garden District—a 1-acre tract fronting Government Street that comprises 11 lots, three corners, four commercial establishments and two houses—for $1.175 million in a deal that closed late Thursday.

Hi Nabor sibling owners sell company to employees in an ESOP

The nine siblings that own the Hi Nabor supermarket chain founded in 1963 by...

Sherwood South Shopping Center sells for $7.3M

A Metairie-based investor has purchased the Sherwood South Shopping Center on the corner of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard and Old Hammond Highway.

Groups to gather at state Capitol in support of a Southern Green New Deal

Representatives from local environmental and social justice organizations will gather on the steps of...

LSU officials fail to appear before legislative committee; board meets behind closed doors

Though 10 LSU officials and employees failed to turn out today and answer questions...

Coalition forms to clean up Baton Rouge and its watersheds

A group of citizen activists has formed a nonprofit organization dedicated to cleaning up...