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Louisiana Economic Development this week won two awards at the International Economic Development Council’s annual conference in Nashville, taking home a gold award for its efforts to support entrepreneurship and a silver medal for talent development and retention, according to an LED announcement. 

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry today released its 2021 Legislative Scorecard, highlighting lawmakers who supported pro-business legislation during this year’s regular session.

Premier Health Consultants CEO Steve Sellars on Tuesday announced that the company will expand its Baton Rouge headquarters, making a $1.5 million capital investment in its facilities to support the more than 85 urgent care clinics it operates. 

Monday’s announcement by Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center that it is developing a new $100 million cancer institute raises a lot of questions about the future of the cancer care market in Baton Rouge.

Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program could encourage more private-sector insurance companies to offer flood policies in Louisiana, state Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says. 

Getting to Tiger Stadium and the areas surrounding it ready for game day is a monumental task, but this year it's been compounded by employment shortages due to Hurricane Ida and COVID-19, WBRZ-TV reports.

A Delaware-based company bought the Oakbrook Apartments on Nicholson Drive for $34.7 million on Friday. The buyer was Oakbrook St LLC, which was represented by...

The city-parish is fighting back against The Temple Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which filed suit in August seeking to stop development of a controversial 240-unit multifamily complex at the @Highland mixed-use development, which is adjacent to the Mormon temple on Highland Road.

Thousands of Louisianans are paying more for flood insurance beginning this week after the Federal Emergency Management Agency implemented its new pricing schedule despite pleas to postpone it from coastal lawmakers like Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy.

The 60 companies on the 2021 Best Places to Work list demonstrate what it means to care about employees, serving as a model for other businesses.

Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens LLC has found success by fostering a family atmosphere and being motivated by standards not involving money.

The Pangburn Group Inc. fosters a culture that’s about wanting to make employees stay, rather than simply work.

GMFS Mortgage has created a winning formula by embracing change, listening to employees and giving back to the Baton Rouge community.

The Capital Region will have gained back about 81% of the jobs it lost to the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of this year, outpacing the rest of the state, economist Loren Scott predicts. 

Hiring or firing employees based on their vaccination status has become more common across the country as vaccines have gained FDA approval, Axios reports. But will the trend reach Baton Rouge?

The first three floors of multifamily units in Mike Wampold’s I Rivermark Centre are tentatively scheduled for completion in mid-2022.

Manufacturing companies that utilize Louisiana’s Industrial Property Tax Exemption Program but don’t hit their employment and payroll targets will be asked to justify keeping their exemptions. 

What does true flexibility at work look like? Most organizations approach it in one of two ways: as an ad hoc work-life accommodation available...

Executives at six of the 60 Baton Rouge-area companies honored at Tuesday morning’s Best Places to Work Breakfast shared how they keep employees engaged, even when working from home, how they deal with the challenges facing the local business community and how they give back to Baton Rouge.

Planning for the new Our Lady of the Lake cancer institute has been in the works, at least in broad terms, for months.