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Louisiana has 12th-lowest tax burden at 9% effective rate

Louisiana has the 12th-lowest tax burden compared to other states, with residents taxed at an effective rate of 9%, according to a new report...

LSU paying student-athletes for getting good grades under NCAA rule  

LSU is among a small number of colleges taking advantage of a 2020 NCAA rule that allows programs to pay student-athletes for getting good grades, according to ESPN. 

Is inflation finally biting into corporate profits?

Since inflation began bursting higher last year, large U.S. companies have found a simple way to keep making record profits: Pass all those price increases along to customers.
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Genesis 360 founder Craig Stevens named an SBA small businessperson of the year 

Baton Rouge-based Genesis 360 founder Craig Stevens has received a businessperson of the year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration. 

Kolache Kitchen latest Baton Rouge brand to franchise

Kolache Kitchen is the latest Baton Rouge-based restaurant to dip into franchising, joining the likes of Raising Cane’s and Walk-On’s.

Home price growth outpacing wages in Capital Region

The average wage earner in the Capital Region’s three biggest housing markets still can qualify to buy a house, though that may change as prices continue to rise faster than wages, a new national report suggests. 

New rendering shows bridge connecting largest two LSU lakes

A new rendering of the University Lakes project depicts a planned bridge that will replace May Street and connect the two largest lakes. 

People to watch in the Baton Rouge health care industry

The latest edition of Business Report features 20 Capital Region health care leaders who are each rising stars in their specialties.  From researchers working to...

Power outages from severe weather becoming more frequent 

Power outages from severe weather across the U.S. have doubled over the past two decades, as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation’s aging electrical grid, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.

Kolache Kitchen expanding out of state with Key West location 

Baton Rouge-based Kolache Kitchen on Tuesday announced it is opening its first out-of-state location, in Key West, Florida, this month. 

Capital Region adds more than 2,300 businesses over two years

Economic uncertainty related to the pandemic and its fallout over the past two years didn’t stop entrepreneurs from launching new businesses in the Capital Region. 

Entergy plan calls for customers to pay backup generator costs for businesses

Entergy has proposed a new project to give backup generators to grocery stores and other commercial customers across the state to form microgrids that can be used during outages and peak demand times, but Entergy wants the rest of its customers to pay for them.

Caller ID outing workers still on their parents’ phone plan 

Millions of workers have quit old jobs for new ones in the past year, and caller ID is outing young professionals—and some not-so-young professionals—for being on their parents’ family mobile phone plans. 
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Cancer care taking center stage within Baton Rouge medical community

Some might say the health care industry in Baton Rouge has never been more fluid.
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Cancer care takes center stage

Subsiding COVID worries and the revitalized federal Cancer Moonshot program have Baton Rouge medical providers focusing on cancer care.
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People to watch in health care

A look at the Capital Region health care leaders who are making headlines in research and medical care in 2022.

Bridge Center plans more outreach in hopes of increasing impact

The Bridge Center for Hope, Louisiana’s first crisis receiving center for adults, didn’t serve as many people as expected during its first year

Downtown Holiday Inn Express closes abruptly

Guests at the downtown Holiday Inn Express on North Boulevard were shocked when the hotel closed with no warning and canceled all reservations last...

Hurricane Ida’s winds reached 150 mph, tying Laura’s ferocity

The National Hurricane Center today released its final report on Hurricane Ida, which struck Louisiana on Aug. 29 of last year, finding that the storm’s 150 mph winds tied Ida with Laura from 2020 and the Last Island Hurricane of 1856, WAFB-TV reports.

Nursing home reforms don’t appear to be on Legislature’s radar this session

The failure to protect nursing home residents from the squalid conditions of an evacuation center staged in an old pesticide warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish was arguably the biggest scandal from Hurricane Ida. The homes were owned by Baton Rouge businessperson Bob Dean.