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Scott Wester is out as president and CEO of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, transitioning to a specially crafted role overseeing the execution of the recently announced $170 million partnership with LSU.

Sea levels are expected to rise as much over the next 30 years as they have over the previous 100 years, according to a new federal study. 

The number of franchise businesses in Louisiana, the number of people they employed and the amount of money they made all increased in 2021, the International Franchise Association reported today.

The Mr. Gatti’s Pizza on the corner of Essen Lane and Perkins Road is getting an interior and exterior renovation and adding a game room.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System today announced that Scott Wester will be transitioning from his position as market president for Baton Rouge and Our Lady of the Lake into a system executive role focused exclusively on the recently announced $170 million investment in LSU. 

A push by some Senate Democrats to suspend the federal gasoline tax is running into opposition from both Republicans and other Democrats, presenting a...

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is conducting a survey of airport customers and stakeholders to analyze what travel will look like post-COVID, with a focus on business travel.

Baton Rouge’s first Madewell store will open in Acadian Village, in the former Lululemon location, this spring.

Origin Materials, a “carbon-negative materials company,” plans to invest at least $750 million to develop a biomass manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish, state and company officials announced this morning.

Legal betting on this year's Super Bowl was heavy in the four states that have reported results so far.

Gov. John Bel Edwards kicked off the first meeting of his new Governor's Task Force on Statewide Litter Abatement and Beautification today at the Water Campus in Baton Rouge

In the 2020-2021 academic year, LSU awarded 921 baccalaureate degrees in engineering.  However, based on historical data, it’s estimated that just 553 of these students...

Nearly every industry has dealt with supply chain issues over the past year, and interior design is no exception.

Syrah Resources plans to invest $176 million to expand its Syrah Technologies graphite processing facility in Vidalia, state and company officials announced today. 

Louisiana’s top marginal income tax rate for individuals now is the fifth lowest in the nation among states that charge income taxes, according to the Tax Foundation, following changes lawmakers and voters approved last year. 

For business owners who received only partial forgiveness on their Paycheck Protection Program loans, consider this your stay of execution.

A New Jersey-based real estate investment firm bought Celebration Station, the amusement park on Gwenadele Avenue, for $2.7 million last week.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission paid about $6.1 million in state and federal unemployment benefits to 1,054 ineligible recipients identified as state employees who do not appear to have been eligible for the programs, the Legislature’s auditors say.

Tsunami Sushi is opening a second Baton Rouge location, this one in @Highland at the corner of Highland Road and Bluebonnet Boulevard. It’s expected to open in mid-2022.

If transparency is the currency of trust, Wall Street's top regulator is going on a shopping spree. The Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing for...