Influential Women in Business: Jill Kidder

Jill Kidder didn’t plan on a career in hospitality. She was intent on law school. But a temporary job in the hotel industry changed...

Voices of Influence: Jill Kidder

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Adonica Pelichet Duggan

Adonica Pelichet Duggan comes from a family of educators and she thinks often about the generations that shaped her path. Her grandfather couldn’t read...

Voices of Influence: Adonica Pelichet Duggan

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Danielle Mack

Few charities in Baton Rouge have the kind of traction enjoyed by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, a health care institution whose identity is...

Voices of Influence: Danielle Mack

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Dr. Gunjan Raina

When Dr. Gunjan Raina knocks on an exam room door, she’s not just entering as a physician. She’s stepping in as something closer to...

Voices of Influence: Dr. Gunjan Raina

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Melissa Thompson

It’s an unusual superpower and one anchored in the purpose-driven culture of millennials, but Melissa Thompson has a knack for converting someone’s story into...

Voices of Influence: Melissa Thompson

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Voices of Influence: Lesley Tilley

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Lesley Tilley

For Lesley Tilley, leadership in health care has never really been about titles. It’s about staying grounded in what actually matters—the patient. Read Lesley Tilley's...

Art Favre: Amendment 4 matters for jobs and growth

This is a guest column written by Louisiana Association of Business and Industry executive committee member Art Favre, the owner and founder of Performance...

Baton Rouge’s Cat Haven to open bigger, cage-free shelter with a cafe twist

Cat Haven, Baton Rouge's only cat-exclusive adoption shelter, is planning a move to a larger facility near Airline Highway, with the new location expected...

After Louisiana v. Callais, what’s next for the state’s congressional map?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Louisiana’s current congressional map amounts to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, meaning Louisiana is poised for yet...

Business Report partners with Anthropic, Tenex to host a free AI workshop for business...

Anthropic, in partnership with Baton Rouge Business Report and Tenex, will host a free, half-day AI fluency training and hands-on workshop on June 10...

Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s congressional map

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated Louisiana’s current congressional map, ruling that the state’s creation of a second majority-Black district amounted to an...

The West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce has a new leader

The West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday announced that Annie Claire Bass has been selected as its new executive director. Bass is described...

A Baton Rouge industrial giant is going bigger on nuclear

Turner Industries announced Tuesday it will expand nuclear fabrication capabilities at its facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen, a project expected to create...

’No taxation without representation’ at heart of LSU tax district fight, attorney says 

A lawsuit challenging a pair of special taxing districts tied to LSU hinges on a core principle of American governance: Voters must approve new...