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Gov. Landry’s former policy director launches lobbying firm
John Kay, who served as Gov. Jeff Landry’s policy director for the first 18 months of his administration, has stepped away from the governor’s...
Amtrak’s NOLA-to-Mobile passenger rail route gets moving next week
Amtrak’s new Gulf Coast passenger rail route running from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama, starts Monday, Aug. 18.
The twice-daily route, called the Amtrak Mardi...
Sales tax collections are dropping in East Baton Rouge Parish
May 2025 by Holly Duchmann
Hut 8 breaks ground on massive data center north of Baton Rouge
Construction has commenced on the massive $12.5 billion data center that bitcoin miner Hut 8 is developing in West Feliciana Parish, according to Parish...
Blue Cross is cutting jobs across LouisianaÂ
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is reportedly cutting jobs across the state, WAFB-TV reports.
The company, also known as Louisiana Blue, is the...
BCP is selling its stake in Brown & Root
Bernhard Capital Partners announced that it has agreed to sell its stake in Baton Rouge-based Brown & Root Industrial Services.Â
KBR Inc., an investor in...
National salon suite franchise opens location in Perkins Rowe
Image Studios, a salon suite franchise, has opened a location in Baton Rouge, its first in Louisiana.
The salon and studio coworking space is located...
High stakes, higher risk: A maturing online sports betting market brings growing tax revenues—and...
It’s difficult to predict with any precision how much revenue Louisiana will receive in the coming years from legalized online sports betting.
The market is...
Why your website may be working against you
In today’s digital-first world, your website is often the first—and sometimes only—interaction a potential customer has with your business.
But despite investing in slick designs...
Why Louisiana was the perfect market for John Fredian’s Cavendish Energy
Several years of research and development led John Fredian's small team to develop an efficient, low-cost and scalable hydrogen production method, working from an...
Rachel Cannon of Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors
Rachel Cannon founded her interior design firm 14 years ago with a design degree and no business background. She quickly discovered that success meant...
78K and counting: How one local architect is using TikTok to boost business
At 71, Baton Rouge architect Kevin Harris has embraced, with great success, an unconventional business tool for professionals of his age: TikTok.
Harris started posting...
City-parish weighs retiree health coverage shift that provides budget relief
City-parish officials are weighing a shift in employee retiree health coverage for those 65 and older to Blue Cross’ Blue Advantage Medicare plan, a...
From parlays to playbooks: Colleges can now cash in on sports betting
Though not directly related to the House settlement, a newly passed Louisiana law is directing millions of dollars in sports betting tax revenue to...
Capital Region executives weigh in on the past and present NIL landscape
One Baton Rouge business that has been active in the NIL space is Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge. The dealership has in recent years partnered...
The end of an era: How LSU is navigating the new world of college...
A federal judge’s approval of the landmark House vs. NCAA settlement this spring signals a major shift away from the NCAA’s century-old model of...
A search committee for LSU’s next president to meet later this month
The committee tasked with selecting the next president of the LSU System will hold its first meeting at 9 a.m. on Aug. 19 in...
Mid City’s Tap 65 is under new ownership
Tap 65, a Government Street restaurant known for its Indian cuisine and its bevy of self-serve craft beer taps, has changed hands.
Local restaurateur Sam...
Turner Industries has a new strategic hub in Utah
The Capital Region’s third-largest private company has opened a new operations facility in Salt Lake City.
Turner Industries’ new office will support the turnkey industrial...
LaMont Cole highlights changes within district as new school year approaches
East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent LaMont Cole says the district is entering the new school year with 72 teacher vacancies—down significantly from about 200...
