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LSU board weighs 10-year contract extension with multimedia rights manager
The LSU Board of Supervisors is poised to consider a 10-year extension of its multimedia rights agreement with Playfly Sports Properties.
Roundup: Fed holds rates / Health funding cuts / Mortgage demand
Pressing pause: The Federal Reserve decided at its meeting today to keep its key interest rate unchanged after having raised it 10 straight times...
Light House Coffee is expanding to increase seating and add coffee roasting
Light House Coffee is expanding to increase seating and add coffee roasting equipment that will allow the stand-alone coffee shop to create its own branded beans.
DOTD would pay city-parish $5M to cooperate on City Park Lake, I-10 projects under...
East Baton Rouge Parish’s City Park Lake dredging effort and the state’s Interstate 10 widening work will overlap, so the two sides have drawn...
Digital transformation has been key in BASF Geismar plant expansion
BASF’s Beth Holland says the digitalization of processes during the current methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI, plant expansion in Geismar has brought some unexpected challenges.
Entergy pursuing federal funding to strengthen Baton Rouge power grid
Entergy is continuing to pursue federal grant funding that would offset the cost of projects to strengthen Louisiana’s power grid, the company announced this morning.
Child care challenges are forcing Louisiana parents to quit their jobs
Some 8% of young children in Louisiana are in families in which someone quit, changed or refused a job because child care is hard to find and even harder to afford, according to a new report released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Office market is in transition as tenants ask for less space, different lease terms
Baton Rouge’s office sector is seeing a bit of improvement when it comes to occupancy, as employees continue to return to the office. However,...
LSU’s PMAC might be replaced or improved with money in state construction budget
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey scored another victory with a buzzer-beater addition to the state construction budget that could help build a new basketball arena.
River Center could be in line for $11.7M in new funding, but several steps...
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will ask the Metro Council to approve spending almost $3.7 million for a second round of improvements to the Raising Cane’s River Center, following the $2.3 million allocated last year.
The Tipsy Librarian will open a retail store to go with mixology classes in...
The Tipsy Librarian will begin hosting cocktail mixology classes in a dedicated bricks-and-mortar retail location this fall.
Town Square Pizza opening in downtown in July
The owners of Town Square Pizza aim to open at the North Boulevard Town Square in early July, says Elisabeth McKinley, restaurant general manager.
Mayor Broome’s top administrator steps away to aid Ukrainian humanitarian effort
East Baton Rouge Parish Chief Administrative Officer Glenn Curtis will play a role in the ongoing humanitarian efforts in Ukraine during that nation’s war with Russia, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s office announced today.
BRFD launches registry to help businesses and residents
The Baton Rouge Fire Department is launching an online registry allowing residents and business owners within the city limits to share important information about their homes or businesses with firefighters.
LSU receives $1.5M award to build a cybersecurity clinic to support small businesses
LSU announced today that it has been selected by the National Security Agency as the first university in the nation to create and pilot...
Former Pennington Biomedical director creates fund for research fellows
The former director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center and his wife have pledged $1 million to create an endowed fund to support the center’s postdoctoral fellows in basic research, as well as in clinical and public health and population science.
First look: Fleurty Girl’s new Mid City shop
Lauren LeBlanc Haydel is bringing the flair of New Orleans to Baton Rouge via the area’s first Fleurty Girl location, which opens Thursday in the former home of Mid City Mercantile on Government Street.
Inflation surpasses labor shortages as the No. 1 concern among small businesses
Small business optimism increased slightly in May, but it marked the 17th consecutive month that the NFIB's Small Business Optimism Index remained below its...
Roul’s Deli expanding with O’Neal Lane location
A favorite of the LSU North Gates community, Roul’s Deli is expanding with a new location on O’Neal Lane this summer.
One carbon capture bill made it through the Legislature, so what does it do?
Louisiana lawmakers shot down more than half a dozen bills to address concerns around carbon capture, but one proposal survived the session’s final chaotic moments last week.
