Stephanie Riegel is the editor of Business Report.

LSU closure alarming to merchants near campus

Local businesses near the LSU campus that depend heavily on students and faculty to...

Local businesses start to feel ripple effects from coronavirus cancellations

Vivid Ink owner Stephen St. Cyr wasn’t terribly concerned earlier this week about the...

Dismukes: Petrochem industry likely to cut back on planned expansions 

Four days into the oil price war that was ignited Monday, when Saudi Arabia...

Edwards speaks to coronavirus concerns in Rotary speech

Though the governor’s annual speech to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club is typically devoted...

Nungesser on coronavirus cancellations: Some businesses won’t survive 

In a meeting scheduled for this afternoon with health officials and others planning for...

CAUW bracing for coronavirus impact on nonprofit sector

With global disruption and economic slowdowns resulting from the spread of COVID-19, the Capital...

Report: ITEP changes net $10.4M for Baton Rouge, $116M for state

Three years after Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration overhauled the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption...

Stantec defends need for $800,000 for MovEBR software 

An official with Stantec, one of the program management firms overseeing the more than...

Spring festivals going forward, but officials ‘closely monitoring’ situation

The apparent arrival of COVID-19 in Louisiana, announced earlier today by Gov. John Bel...

Local investors remain calm amid coronavirus market fears

Though massive sell-offs on Wall Street triggered a rare suspension of trading for 15...