Steve joined the Business Report team in 2010, and has since served as a staff reporter, online news editor and executive editor. He's currently managing editor. He was previously a reporter at The Vicksburg Post, Florida Keys Keynoter and Tri-Parish Times.

Public hearings on alcohol ordinances, misdemeanor jail funding before Metro Council this week

The public will have its chance at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting to weigh in...

‘Daily Report’ Week in Review: Flurry of major real estate deals take a backseat to excitement caused over move of LSU-South Carolina game

Before Wednesday’s announcement that the LSU-South Carolina football game was being moved from Columbia...

Baton Rouge higher education leaders call for increased collaboration to create more educated workforce

As the leaders of Baton Rouge’s higher education institutions gathered at a forum this...

Baton Rouge hotels get bookings boost during what was already going to be a big weekend

Even before the official word came down on Wednesday afternoon that Saturday’s LSU-South Carolina...

Move of LSU-South Carolina game to Baton Rouge upends other events planned on campus Saturday

This morning’s announcement that Saturday’s football game between LSU and the University of South...

19.5 acres off Tiger Bend purchased for $1.6M for new subdivision

Developer Kevin Nguyen has purchased 19.5 acres of vacant land on Tiger Bend Road...

Former Forum 35 president selected to take back the reins for the next six months

Eric Dexter, immediate past president of Forum 35, was selected on Tuesday evening at...

Market Plaza Office Park building sells for $495K

A newly constructed office building measuring roughly 3,400 square feet in the Market Plaza...

New Orleans firm picks up three Baton Rouge offices for $1.2M

In the three office buildings that it recently purchased for a combined $1.2 million,...

Velvet Cactus to improve parking and access at Baton Rouge restaurant with purchase of adjacent Dyson House property

An owner of The Velvet Cactus restaurant is among a group of investors that...