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New Baton Rouge pro hockey team has a schedule, but name still a mystery
Baton Rouge’s new professional minor league hockey team will open its season at the Raising Cane’s River Center on Oct. 26 against the Columbus River Dragons.
Roundup: LSU baseball / Natural gas prices / Flight delays
ICYMI: The LSU baseball team will commemorate its 2023 National Championship win with a celebration at Alex Box Stadium at 7:30 p.m. today. Admission...
More than 60,000 Louisiana workers left their jobs in April, but turnover is slowing
Louisiana’s workers have been leaving their jobs at unprecedented rates for several months now, but April saw fewer call it quits than March’s near-record high number, USA Today Network reports.
Where is that recession we’ve been talking about for months?
The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the U.S.. If not this quarter, then by next quarter. Or the quarter after that. Or maybe next year.
Ochsner, MD Anderson hope for ‘halo effect’ from combining their brands
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston sees more patients from Louisiana than from any other state besides Texas, says Dr. Welela Tereffe, MD Anderson’s chief medical executive.
Carbon capture portrayed as a lynchpin to Louisiana’s economic future at EPA hearings
Allowing the state of Louisiana to regulate the injection of carbon dioxide underground would continue a pattern of systemic harm to residents already burdened...
Baton Rouge area added 2,700 jobs in May
Baton Rouge employment by Deanna B. Narveson
From April to May, total nonfarm employment in the Baton Rouge area increased by...
Library director search to resume soon with higher starting pay
Following the results of a pay study conducted in the spring, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system is gearing up to resume its search for a new director.
How to communicate your way out of a crisis
Mellody Hobson stresses the importance of communication with employees when it comes to navigating a company through a crisis.
Inc. magazine recently wrote a feature...
Louisiana student loan borrowers better positioned to resume payments
LSU finance professor R. Kelley Pace says borrowers who attended Louisiana schools such as LSU and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette may be...
Bill, if signed, will give the public online access to state, local government records
Louisiana could soon get a new website that gives the public in-depth access to a trove of government finance records from every agency, board, commission, department and courthouse at the state and local government level.
What Baton Rouge can learn from Tulsa when it comes to talent attraction
Tulsa, Oklahoma, has a larger population than Baton Rouge, but the two midsize cities in conservative states known for the oil and gas industry have a lot in common, including similar concerns about attracting and retaining talent.
SEC pushing regional, community banks for more disclosure after recent failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission has started questioning regional and community banks about risks tied to recent bank failures, a move designed to ensure investors have details on any spillover effects.
Bernhard Capital acquires Seattle-based HVAC optimization software company
Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners announced its acquisition of Optimum Energy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Roofing, auto body companies get busy following hailstorms
Following the recent bad weather, Garcia Roofing President Craig Carroll says the company has seen an uptick in business from the widespread hail damage in the region.
Ochsner-MD Anderson agreement upends Baton Rouge cancer care market yet again
Yet another bombshell exploded in the Capital Region’s health care market today as MD Anderson, perhaps the biggest name in American cancer care, announced a partnership with Ochsner that starts with Baton Rouge.
NCAA places LSU’s football and men’s basketball programs on probation
The NCAA's Independent Resolution Panel ruled today that LSU’s football and men's basketball programs will be on probation for the next three years for recruiting violations, The Daily Advertiser reports.
Low home supply has US builders stepping up construction despite high interest rates
High interest rates are usually bad news for homebuilders. But right now, they are actually making new homes easy to sell by compounding a shortage of available real estate, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Ochsner Health partnering with MD Anderson for cancer treatment
Ochsner Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will partner to create the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in south Louisiana, the companies announced today.
Australian firm files notice with state for EV battery materials facility in Ascension
An Australian mining company filed advance notices with the state last week for an electric vehicle battery materials production facility in Ascension Parish.
