Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

Hotel activity showing slight increases as L’Auberge prepares to reopen Friday

In a small sign of hope that commercial activity is beginning to return to...

Louisiana Senate president, House speaker launch organization to shape message 

Louisiana Senate President Page Cortez and Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder are together...

Lemoine Company moves Baton Rouge offices to Water Campus

Baton Rouge’s newest Class A office building, 1200 Brickyard Lane on the Water Campus,...

State budget situation changes picture for road and bridge projects

At a joint legislative transportation committee meeting in late February, lawmakers got an earful...

Analytics tool shows which Baton Rouge neighborhoods hardest hit by crisis and why

While governments and nonprofits pivot from response to recovery in the coronavirus crisis, they’re...

St. George transition district bill moving swiftly through Legislature

Though lawmakers said when they reconvened earlier this month they would only take up...

Legislators make play to control $811M in federal aid earmarked for local governments

Louisiana lawmakers are trying to take control from Gov. John Bel Edwards of the...

Top business-backed candidate out of the running for EBR superintendent 

One of the two candidates favored by a group of business leaders to be...

Local mortgage brokers do record volume in March, April

While some businesses have been struggling to hang on during the coronavirus crisis, mortgage...

How do you enforce social distancing? Restaurant owners say it’s not easy

Nearly one week into the phased reopening that has allowed restaurants to resume limited...