Business

Louisiana Film Channel is opening a retail shop at the company’s headquarters on Third Street in downtown Baton Rouge.  The channel is a streaming service...

Protests from current broadband internet providers continue to hold up grants meant to close the “digital divide” and promote high-speed internet access to unserved...

Data released today by the Louisiana Workforce Commission shows that the Baton Rouge metro’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in July.

For retailers, it is a season of discontent. From Walmart to Nordstrom, companies have a glut of inventory and are discounting items to clear...

With Brian Kelly’s arrival at LSU comes a new wave of excitement and optimism for the future of the football program.

Environmental Systems Group, a comprehensive environmental services solutions platform established by Baton Rouge’s Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP, has acquired BEM Systems Inc., a...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and the East Baton Rouge Stormwater Master Plan Project Team plan to host a public open house Tuesday evening about...

A whole suite of new cybersecurity regulations and enforcement are in the offing, both at the state and federal levels in the U.S.  But companies...

LSU has declined to renew the contract of Sexual Trauma and Response, or STAR, the organization that has provided sexual assault and harassment awareness training to university employees following multiple instances of federal Title IX law violations. 

The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small businesses that lose out when fewer homeowners are renovating their properties.

For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters, including in Baton Rouge, as part of a...

Iconic Moments, a Baton Rouge-based NFT platform, is partnering with The White House Historical Association to create the association’s first nonfungible digital token.  CEO Chris...

The struggle for shipping capacity that has been a hallmark of pandemic-era snarled supply chains is shifting inland, with the transportation equipment becoming increasingly...

Shipley Do-Nuts is bringing its confections closer to LSU’s campus with a new location at 4075 Nicholson Drive opening Aug. 29.  The Nicholson Drive spot...

South Louisiana-based Refreshment Solutions has been acquired by Tennessee-based Five Star Food Service, according to a company announcement.  Refreshment Solutions is a franchisee of national...

The temporary rules East Baton Rouge Parish has had in place over the past year to address flood

Zachary High School student Luke Parks has launched Royal Treats, a business that sells frozen, ready-to-bake desserts, according to the LSU AgCenter Food Innovation...

Louisiana soybean farmers are facing disaster as torrential rains continue to pound the crop at its most vulnerable point on the cusp of what...

Glass Half Full, a nonprofit based in New Orleans that recycles glass bottles into sand, is collaborating with Tulane University researchers to study the...

Central Guest House Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, a skilled-nursing and long-term care facility, is scheduled to open in May 2023 on Joor Road, across...