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See how often Capital Region students are using Handshake to find jobs
Students in the Capital Region increasingly are using the recruiting platform Handshake in their job search, a new report from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber finds.
Metro Council prepares to move ahead on improvements under Perkins overpass
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to move forward with a design contract meant to transform the busy but chaotic area under...
Updated DOJ mergers and acquisitions policy encourages higher scrutiny
A new mergers and acquisitions policy from the Justice Department reinforces the need for buyers to dive deep into their target’s compliance efforts, both...
Louisiana Realtors leader urges agents not to panic over $1.78B verdict
A federal jury in Missouri has found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokers liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for...
Expanding floral boutique company buys Government Street building
Baton Rouge-based floral boutique Forage Floral has bought a new building on Government Street with plans of expansion.
Here’s one way the LSU system is creating a talent pipeline for cybersecurity companies
Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Woodworth, has partnered with LSU Alexandria and LSU Shreveport to educate and train students to build cybersecurity business in and for the state.
Gonzales officials expect passenger rail to benefit industry, environment
While state officials await word of a $200 million federal grant to make rail improvements for the anticipated Baton Rouge-to-New Orleans passenger route, officials...
Baton Rouge unemployment unchanged in September
Seven of Louisiana’s nine metropolitan areas saw their unemployment rates increase slightly from August to September with Baton Rouge and Hammond as the outliers,...
Small business owners are both hopeful and anxious about the holidays
All signs point to a relatively solid holiday season for America’s small businesses. But owners of these companies appear to have a collective anxiety about the months ahead.
Capital Region leads the nation in construction workforce growth
The Capital Region surpassed the rest of the country with a year-over-year job growth of 19.4% in the construction sector.
Marucci CFO expects continued local growth under new ownership
Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports was just sold for the second time in four years, this time for $572 million.
The change in ownership will not...
Here’s how hard the wildfires hit Louisiana’s timber industry
Wildfires that engulfed more than 50,000 acres of Louisiana forests during this summer’s record-breaking heat and drought dealt a blow of at least $71...
Infinity Valve and Supply expanding Acadiana air compressor facility
Infinity Operators LLC today announced it is investing $1.1 million to increase production capacity of its new air compression division through equipment upgrades and physical expansion of its manufacturing facility in Lafayette Parish.
Who used to the governor’s suite to see Beyoncé?
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office says it doesn’t know who used the governor’s two suites at the Caesars Superdome for the sold-out Beyoncé Renaissance concert in New Orleans Sept. 27
A look at the state of carbon sequestration in the Capital Region
Carbon capture projects, pivotal to the energy transition in the nation’s industrial sector, are garnering substantial attention, especially in Louisiana’s Capital Region as it becomes a hotspot for such projects.
Marucci Sports’ Baton Rouge success story continues with $572M sale
Marucci Sports started in 2004 in the River Bend backyard of Kurt Ainsworth, a former Catholic High and LSU pitcher whose professional baseball career was derailed by injuries.
b1Bank launching new derivatives services line
Baton Rouge’s b1Bank is planning to launch a line of derivatives products and services, which will provide clients with more flexibility managing interest rate risks.
US employers pulled back on hiring in October, adding 150,000 jobs
The nation’s employers scaled back their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market remains...
Rising costs threaten development of US offshore wind industry
Good news or bad news first? Because there was plenty of both this week for the fledgling U.S. offshore wind industry.
Gulf oil and gas lease sale off again, pending a federal hearing
The upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed today amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale.
