Business

Registration is now open for the rescheduled Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, set for March 9-10 at the Bon Carre Business Center. 

Business owners were slightly more optimistic in December, according to the latest NFIB Small Business Optimism Index. However, 22% of small business owners reported that inflation was their biggest problem. 

Incredible gains have been made in the job market over the last year, but overall, numbers remain low. The year 2021 began with the labor...

The income tax overhaul lawmakers and voters approved last year is set to boost the Tax Foundation’s ranking of Louisiana’s business tax system from 42nd to 38th

Baton Rouge homebuilder Paul Selleck and son Jordan have amassed over 200,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel Stud Pack, and the duo is earning serious money.

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled just over $20 million in October, a 19% increase over the same month in 2020.  

Waitr founder Chris Meaux is backing a new startup that bills itself as the “Airbnb for sportsmen.” 

This year's tax filing season will begin Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

More employers are turning to artificial intelligence to gain a worker recruitment edge, the Wall Street Journal reports.  By automating previously manual tasks—like prescreening job...

While betting on sports is currently legal at select locations in Louisiana, placing bets online is still at least a few weeks away, The News Star reports.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Forum 225 today announced a joint effort to retain the region’s young professionals through civic involvement and volunteerism.  

As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year anniversary, it's distressingly clear that businesses need to prepare for ongoing surges and new variants.  Earlier this week,...

Local bakery CounterSpaceBR is opening its second location, this one in the recently completed Coterie Exchange,

Adam Beary, an avid painter, is the CEO and president of Bear Process Safety.

Leola’s Café and Coffee House has become one of Mid City’s go-to brunch spots, luring diners with a vibrant breakfast and brunch menu and generous patio dining.

Steven Procopio, the recently named president of PAR, has been with the research policy institute since 2014.

A return to work and travel coupled with the large number of dogs adopted over the pandemic means many boarders and day cares are seeing an influx of pets.

Entrepreneur: Lori Tucker-Day is the founder of Baton Bougie House Party, a luxury sleepover, glamping, and event planning and rental company.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical today of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers.

The number of businesses purveying healthy foods and drinks in Baton Rouge is on the rise. From juice shops to vegan-friendly restaurants, several new...