Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

Though leaner, Baton Rouge budget for 2021 includes police pay raises

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome presented the 2021 city-parish budget to the Metro Council this...

Tax credit denials, cost overruns delay Wampold’s plans for Chase South Tower

Mike Wampold’s plans for redeveloping the Chase South Tower into a mixed-use high-rise is...

15-year-old lawsuit over disputed Swaggart property on course for new trial

Nearly five years after a jury ruled in favor of a local investor group that has been fighting the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart’s Family Worship Center Church since 2006 over a 60-acre parcel it is trying to acquire, the long-running case is headed back to 19th Judicial District Court for a new trial.

Baton Rouge peer review

A study regarding the economic development potential of Baton Rouge against peer cities reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of its potential.

Turnout will be key in December runoff for Baton Rouge mayor 

While Mayor Sharon Weston Broome was hoping for an outright victory in Tuesday’s primary,...

Riegel: More questions than answers on LSU energy deal

Questions abound over whether the LSU Board of Supervisors is looking out for the university or the interests of Jim Bernhard on a proposed energy deal.

Graves, Richmond pressure SEC chair to do more for Stanford Group victims

U.S. Reps. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, and Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, are the latest members of the Louisiana congressional delegation to push for efforts to help victims of the Stanford Group Ponzi scheme recoup some of the more than $7 billion they lost more than a decade ago.

Not as sexy as the races for president or mayor, but downtown tax also on ballot  

While most local voters today are focused on the presidential election and the race...

Analyst: Record high early voting helps Broome in Baton Rouge mayor’s race

More than 985,000 voters across Louisiana cast their ballots in early voting last month,...

Amazon sorting facility planned for 63-acre Port Allen site

Leaders in West Baton Rouge Parish say the planned development of an Amazon sorting facility in Port Allen will be a boon for the local economy and could bring as many as 300 jobs to the area.