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BCP-owned United Utility acquires Williams Electric Company
Baton Rouge-based United Utility, a Bernhard Capital Partners company, has acquired Williams Electric Company, a comprehensive electrical utility contractor with primary operations in the...
Residents, businesses in 25 parishes eligible for disaster unemployment aid
President Biden granted a request by Gov. John Bel Edwards to make disaster unemployment insurance available to businesses and residents in 25 Louisiana parishes, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced Friday.
Nearly 30% of EBR still in the dark; see BRAC’s latest power outage tracker
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has been tracking all available data related to power outages in the region.
Things are improving in East Baton Rouge...
Power restoration estimates looking up for Baton Rouge, Gonzales, New Orleans
Under increasing pressure from frustrated regulators and their constituents, Entergy, the state’s largest utility, released estimated restoration times for customers affected by Hurricane Ida.
Small businesses need big shop-local effort to survive
Small-business advocates always urge consumers to shop local, but it’s been particularly important during the pandemic and even more so as they work toward...
Baton Rouge Food Bank expanding efforts to surrounding parishes following Ida
Following Hurricane Ida, parts of Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes were left without power and without the ability to go to the grocery...
Here’s how Ida stacks up against other hurricanes
The worst hurricane names are burned into the memories of survivors, dark reminders used to measure future storms. Camille. Katrina. Andrew.
Capital Region restaurants busy feeding first responders, utility crews
As the extent of Hurricane Ida’s impact is revealed, restaurants are getting busy cooking, even while some are also juggling their own recovery.
A lack...
Baton Rouge hotels booked with evacuees, emergency teams
Baton Rouge hotels are all booked up—some through September—with evacuees from hurricane-devastated areas and emergency personnel brought in to assist with post-storm cleanup.
LABI in ‘triage mode,’ with eye toward long-term recovery
Business owners affected by Hurricane Ida right now primarily are concerned with “primal needs” such as water, ice, fuel and electricity, says Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
Hurricane Ida creating issues for agriculture and ports
The LSU AgCenter is still working to assess the damage to Louisiana agriculture caused by Hurricane Ida, with many fields wrecked by the storm...
Fuel shortage relief on the way as Biden taps petroleum reserve
President Joe Biden said has directed the Department of Energy to use all tools, including the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, to keep gasoline flowing...
Survey shows most Baton Rouge businesses impacted by power outages
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released an analysis of responses to its Hurricane Ida business impact survey, which closed at noon.
The survey collected...
Will Baton Rouge see a post-Ida boom like it did after Katrina?
Anyone who lived through Hurricane Katrina will remember what life was like in Baton Rouge for several chaotic months after the storm, when thousands of residents and businesses from New Orleans and surrounding parishes temporarily relocated to the area.
Parts of East Baton Rouge will be without power until next Wednesday
Power will not be fully restored to East Baton Rouge parish until Wednesday Sept. 9, nearly a week from today.
Employee retention tax credit could be cut early
Lawmakers are planning to repurpose about $205 billion in unused COVID relief funds to pay for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill the House will...
Why are McDonald’s ice cream machines always broken? The FTC is on the case
An icy McFlurry or milkshake from one of the dozen or so McDonald’s locations in the Baton Rouge area would be nice right now...
Recovery from Ida uneven across Louisiana
Four days after Hurricane Ida struck, the storm's aftermath—and progress in recovering from it—are being felt unevenly across Louisiana.
The power was back on before...
BRAF expects to soon begin distributing Ida relief grants
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has been holding daily briefings with relief organizations to help nonprofit and government leaders understand the greatest needs in...
Mold now a concern days after Hurricane Ida
Two days after Hurricane Ida blew through Louisiana, residents and businesses are just beginning to assess the damage and bracing for another disaster: mold
The...
