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Baton Rouge restaurants still grappling with mask, vaccine requirements
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution continues throughout Louisiana, restaurant owners are faced with a challenge: Are employees allowed to take off their masks?
Statewide mask mandates...
Innovative building strategies can also improve drainage
While recent conversations about the Capital Region’s increasing problems with drainage and flooding have centered on mitigation projects and proposed building moratoriums, one local expert says what’s missing from the discussion is smarter ways to build that can help reduce stormwater runoff from buildings.
Fork N Spoon BR opens new restaurant
Fork N Spoon BR, a Baton Rouge-based startup that offers pre-ordered, prepared meals for weekly pickup, is expanding with today’s opening of a brick-and-mortar...
BREW’s back: Annual entrepreneurship week happening in person this October
Nexus Louisiana today announced that Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week will be an in person event held Oct. 4-6 at the Bon Carre Business Center.
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How small businesses can cash in on collegiate athletes
With LSU’s top-tier athletic programs in their backyard, numerous Baton Rouge small business owners are looking to take advantage of a new NCAA policy...
Ability to work remotely seen as ‘the new signing bonus’
After almost a year and a half of working from home, many white-collar employees say they are not willing to return to corporate offices...
FranU files plans for campus expansion
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has filed plans with the Planning Commission for St. Francis Hall, a three-story, 75,000-square-foot building at Brittany and...
Concordia Bank planning new branch in Rouzan
Concordia Bank has signed a purchase agreement with Engquist-Level Development for a 1.2-acre tract in Rouzan and is planning to develop a new branch...
‘Selfie museum’ coming to Baton Rouge
A “selfie museum” is moving into the St. George Square Shopping Center on Perkins Road, near Potwin Drive.
Art Buzz Studios LLC recently closed on...
Roundup: First 2021 Atlantic hurricane / Airline fees / LWCC
Storm tracking: Tropical Storm Elsa was upgraded to a hurricane, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, as it neared the Lesser Antilles on...
After pandemic fueled a sales boom, RV dealers facing shortage
Restrictions on international travel along with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic led more travelers to purchase RVs during the quarantine months. Even now, as the number of COVID-19 cases eases, sales remain brisk, causing shortages for dealers.
A 40-year mortgage? Ginnie Mae is giving it a shot
Some homeowners with federally backed mortgages may soon be able to pay off the balance over a period of as long as 40 years,...
LSU engineering professor works with Coast Guard on hurricane preparedness
An LSU civil and environmental engineering assistant professor is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct hurricane reconnaissance in an effort to better...
Broome administration aims to make DEQ deadline for revised stormwater plan
City parish officials say they plan to make a July 12 deadline to submit to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a plan detailing...
LSU athletes pounce on deals to capitalize on their name, likeness
LSU athletes began making endorsement deal announcements this morning following the NCAA, LSU Board of Supervisors and state of Louisiana policy changes that allow...
2021 Best of 225 winners revealed
From best burger to best bar, the winners of this year’s Best of 225 awards have been revealed in the latest edition of 225...
Baton Rouge company buys Gardere-area apartments
Baton Rouge-based Granite Apartments LLC has bought 10 apartment properties in the Gardere area for $2.1 million in a deal that closed Wednesday.
Amedisys acquiring Nashville-based Contessa Health
Amedisys Inc., a Baton Rouge-based provider of home and hospice care, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Contessa Health, a Nashville-based provider...
Medical school graduates educated during pandemic begin residencies at OLOL
Today marks the start of the new academic year for graduate medical education at hospitals around the state that will train the medical residents,...
Survey: Vaccine mandates, hiring bonuses could lure workers back
Unemployed people who aren't currently looking for work could be swayed to rejoin the labor pool by greater monetary compensation, remote work arrangements, or...
