Home Business Columns

Columns

Whitney Johnson: Is your gut instinct keeping you from your next dream?

When I was in college, I went to an information session at the law school. This moment sticks in my mind because I unexpectedly...

From the Publisher: Trailblazing entrepreneurs

Innovation isn’t just a buzzword. By definition, it is designed to create significant improvements or create new value in the market to maintain competitiveness,...

Leaders and investors say it’s critical to address real—and perceived—challenges in downtown Baton Rouge

David Facey is a Baton Rouge Magnet and LSU grad who has lived downtown since moving back to Baton Rouge from Chicago. The tech...

LaPolitics: Runoff ballot signals Trump’s influence in Louisiana politics

Tomorrow’s runoff ballot will be a good reminder that Louisiana—politically at least—is Trump Country.  Former President Donald Trump first made his presence known in our...
Rolfe McCollister

Rolfe McCollister: Determine our destiny by voting

Editor's Note: This column expresses the opinion of the author only and does not constitute an endorsement by Business Report. Business Report does not...

Publisher Briefing: LSU’s momentum

In the September edition of the Business Report, our cover story zeroes in on LSU’s pioneering role in NIL (name, image, and likeness) for...

JR Ball: Stormwater-gate spells end for Mayor Broome

Sharon Weston Broome is done as mayor of Baton Rouge. This is the stark reality after the October massacre that was her double-secret, truth-avoiding, flawed-fee...
IBM

Guest viewpoint: Baton Rouge’s IBM partnership pays off

Charles Masters of IBM writes, in a guest opinion, writes the company's partnership with Baton Rouge and Louisiana is stronger than ever.

Riegel: Making sense of the MovEBR management contracts

How, exactly, will the city-parish and its two program management teams of 16 engineering and consulting firms—that’s right, 16—efficiently and effectively oversee Mayor Sharon...

JR Ball: The real ITEP problem  

Go on, get angry at Gov. John Bel Edwards for creating the mess that’s become of the Industrial Tax Exemption Program. Stomp your feet...

‘Business Report’ Publisher: Will ‘race’ drive decisions in 2019?

Will a new year bring a modicum of harmony to the Baton Rouge political scene or will race continue to divide us? That’s the question...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: The final chapter in landman’s environmental crusade?

Ten years ago, Baton Rouge landman Dan Collins did a risky and politically unpopular thing, when he filed an environmental whistleblower lawsuit against the...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: Broome is making the case for St. George

When the Metro Council voted in early September not to put Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s proposed 5-mill property tax for road improvements on the...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: Running out of places to hide from Mother Nature

As Hurricane Irma barreled toward the southeast U.S. earlier this month, we in south Louisiana breathed a collective sigh of relief. This monster, the spaghetti...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: Local control over Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program makes sense

Gov. John Bel Edwards set off alarm bells in June 2016, when he issued an executive order designed to rein in the state’s Industrial Tax...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: Sidewalk spat says a lot about parochial Baton Rouge

When the board of directors of the Stanford Oaks Property Owners Association voted in June to close to the public a sidewalk through their...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: Helping the autistic transition into adulthood

Like many parents whose children were being diagnosed in the early 2000s with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Steve and Sharon Whitlow did everything they could...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: How long will Louisiana ignore fiscal reform?

It’s hard to decide which of the travesties of the recent Legislative session to be more upset about: The failure of the gasoline tax...
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: The start of something good

In March 2016, Dave Treppendahl made a major bet on north Baton Rouge, when he acquired the dilapidated Hawthorne Heights Apartments at 2136 N....
Stephanie Riegel CATS

Riegel: Discouraging investment in our community

Between the state’s unpredictable and ever-changing tax climate, transportation infrastructure problems, troubled schools and skilled worker shortage, it’s hard enough attracting business, industry and...