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Some 63,000 Louisianans quit their jobs in April as the Great Resignation rolls on
Approximately 63,000 employees in Louisiana quit their jobs in April, matching March’s total, as the Great Resignation born of the COVID pandemic continues.
Nogal Mexican Grill set to open near LSU
Nogal Mexican Grill is preparing to open next door to Louie’s Cafe in the North Gate area near LSU, a sign on the building indicates.
Roundup: Mason’s Grill / Oil prices jump / Kohl’s sale
New owners: Baton Rouge favorite Mason’s Grill came under new ownership this week when owners Mike and Shirlee Alfandre sold their restaurant to Rober...
July 4th travel surpasses 2019 pre-pandemic levels
The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.
Baton Rouge General operations disrupted by cyberattack
Baton Rouge General personnel were forced to do medical charting by hand this week rather than through the hospital system’s online medical records system
LSU drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate
LSU sent out notes to students for the upcoming fall semester indicating that being vaccinated for COVID-19
Here’s what’s happening around Baton Rouge this Fourth of July weekend
225 magazine has compiled a list of things to do around Baton Rouge this holiday weekend and the celebrations are starting early:
Celebrate with Red...
Phelps Dunbar lands McGlinchey Stafford office managing partner
In a rare move for the Baton Rouge legal market, managing member Drew Patty is leaving his patents and intellectual property practice at McGlinchey Stafford to take up a position at Phelps Dunbar.
Owners plan $1M in renovations to historic building for new Murphy’s Bar
Mattress Direct owner Ty Hingle has fond memories of the original Murphy’s on West State Street.
Growing number of high-profile entrepreneurs giving up CEO titles
Ryan Williams announced late last week that he will step down as CEO of Cadre, the New York City-based real estate investment platform he...
iPhone creators didn’t realize extent to which it would alter communication
While on vacation in Hawaii with his family in 2011, Tony Fadell couldn’t get something out of his mind: a group of people at...
Louisiana Travel Association president to lead Visit Baton Rouge
Jill Kidder, currently president and CEO of the Louisiana Travel Association, will be the next leader of Visit Baton Rouge.
Forte and Tablada acquires Boyd Holmes Engineering
Baton Rouge-based engineering and land surveying firm Forte and Tablada today announced it has acquired Boyd Holmes Engineering Inc.
LWC website outage delays unemployment benefit payments
Roughly 76,000 unemployed Louisianans are in limbo after the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s HiRE website was taken offline on Wednesday in response to an attempted...
FranU receives $1M donation for chapel in St. Francis Hall
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University today announced it has received a $1 million monetary gift from the FMOL Sisters
EBR sales tax collections for April up more than 14% year over year
If city-parish sales tax receipts are any indication, higher prices aren’t holding back East Baton Rouge Parish consumers.
Baton Rouge startup focuses on growth in crowded fitness wear market
Sense Fitness founder Aaron Elzy wants his yoga and fitness wear brand to represent a lifestyle, not just quality clothing.
LWC working to get website back online after malware attack
Work is underway to restore the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s HiRE website after Geographic Solutions Inc., the company that operates the site, discovered an attempted...
Best of 225 hits newsstands today
225 magazine unveiled this year’s Best of 225 winners at a special event Tuesday and now readers can pick up the latest issue of...
Baton Rouge metro unemployment rate ticks upward in May
Unemployment in the Baton Rouge metro area ticked up to 3.2% in May, from 3.1% the month before
