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.

Pearson’s Travel World acquires luggage stores in Lafayette, Shreveport

Baton Rouge-based Pearson’s Travel World is getting back into business in Lafayette after about...

State, higher ed and industry officials call on Louisiana businesses to help fill manufacturing workforce gap

One by one, officials with state, higher education and industry agencies called on Louisiana...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center defends research funding by Coca-Cola

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is defending a recent study on childhood obesity, which...

Effect of Magellan layoffs in Baton Rouge on Perkins Rowe office remains unclear

Citing the loss of a major contract with the state, Magellan Health will lay...

Unemployment among Louisiana construction workers falls to 5.2% in August

While Louisiana’s oil and gas industry continues to feel the blow of low oil...

CATS proposes cutting two routes to downtown Baton Rouge later this year

Citing low ridership, the Capital Area Transit System wants to eliminate a pair of...

Big gains in East Baton Rouge, Ascension push Baton Rouge area home sales up 5.7% in August

Home sales were especially hot in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes in August,...

Jamie Hanks hired as West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce’s new executive director

Roughly six months after launching an extensive search for its next executive director, the...

Kean’s to close eight Baton Rouge area dry cleaning locations

Baton Rouge-based Kean’s Fine Dry Cleaning is closing eight underperforming locations throughout Baton Rouge—more...