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‘We are in the business of being essential’
Bernhard Capital Partners, ranking among the 300 largest private equity funds in the world, has its sights set on utility privatization but finding government partners is proving challenging—and controversial.
Credit card debt surges as inflation spurs uptick in borrowing
Credit card debt soared in the U.S. from April through June as Americans borrowed billions of dollars to continue spending in the face of...
Louisiana will get additional $134M in federal funding for road projects
Louisiana is set to receive an additional $134 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements as part of a new Federal Highway Administration program...
CPEX: Update to EBR land use plan must focus on connectivity
Next year’s update of the FuturEBR land use plan should confront how sprawl and lack of connectivity in East Baton Rouge contribute to heavy traffic and flood risk, Center for Planning Excellence CEO Camille Manning-Broome says.
Boykin Brothers acquired by GKB Management
Baton Rouge-based precast concrete company Boykin Brothers has been acquired by Louisiana investment firm GKB Management,
Waitr partners with Saints to provide in-stadium mobile ordering
Waitr Holdings, soon to be known as ASAP, today announced a partnership with the New Orleans Saints to bring in-stadium ordering to the Caesars...
Insurance Commissioner Donelon seeks state funding to lure property insurers
Lawmakers this year created, but did not fund, an incentive program meant to lure more property insurance companies to write policies in Louisiana.
Optimism abounds at LSU as Brian Kelly era set to begin
There really is no place quite like Louisiana, and its most dynamic element is the people—loud, proud and passionate
Running a generator will cost more this hurricane season
The last two hurricane seasons left swaths of Louisiana without power for weeks at a time, and with gas prices well above what they...
Economic uncertainties have CFOs preparing to cut costs, delay projects
Finance chiefs are confronting the uncertain economic outlook with plans to trim variable costs and delay projects, while continuing to raise prices to offset...
Benny’s buys land next to Rouses in Zachary for car wash
Benny’s has paid $2 million for about 12 acres next to the Rouses Market on Church Street in Zachary.
Fat Cow on Highland closes after 11 years
Fat Cow Burgers and Salads on Highland Road just south of LSU has permanently closed after about 11 years in business, according to an...
Caffeine makes customers spend more, according to LSU study
A new study from LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business found that when consumers drink a caffeinated beverage before shoppingf, they are more likely...
Baton Rouge city worker keeps racking up more than 2,400 hours of overtime a...
An emergency medical service supervisor in Baton Rouge made $87,701 in annual overtime on average from 2019 through 2021, working an average of 2,455 hours in overtime each year.
With one coastal restoration project complete, work continues on larger ones
Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at work on even bigger ones.
The dredge used to suck up...
Local restaurants feeling squeezed by cost increases
Zippy’s Burritos, Tacos & More owner Neal Hendrick says the restaurant is “getting squeezed” by higher costs for food, fuel and other operating expenses.
Should Louisiana end Entergy’s monopoly?
Like other investor-owned utilities, Entergy Louisiana is a for-profit monopoly. No matter how upset their customers get, they can’t take their business elsewhere.
More than half of small business owners say they sacrifice salary at times
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of small business owners say they have at some point not paid themselves a salary in order to keep their small...
Smalls Sliders gets capital investment as it prepares to expand franchising
Smalls Sliders today announced it has secured an equity investment from 10 Point Capital, a firm that specializes in franchising.
South EBR, Burbank could be new nexus of commercial development
As Baton Rouge continues to spread south, land that might otherwise have been considered too expensive to develop might begin to look more appealing.
