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Will pandemic ‘winners’ start to lose as the virus recedes?
When it comes to the COVID-19 crisis, there are two kinds of companies: Those that benefited from it and have to worry how they...
How was flooding around your property? Stormwater Master Plan team wants to know
In the wake of this week’s heavy rains, which caused unexpected flooding throughout the parish, HNTB is asking the public for input on the flooding and drainage issues they’ve observed and experienced over the past few days.
Off the Hook opening first Baton Rouge location in former Raising Cane’s on Corporate
Off the Hook is opening a Baton Rouge location later this year, in the former Raising Cane’s building on Corporate Boulevard.
The Thibodaux-based seafood restaurant...
Forte and Tablada not moving HQ downtown, selling CBD property
Forte and Tablada Inc. is selling downtown lots it has owned for about five years and keeping its headquarters on Interline Boulevard, instead of...
Keeping in contact with remote-working employees boosts morale
As senior partner at InHealth Strategies, a population health and well-being consulting company with Baton Rouge operations, Jeff Soileau wasn’t particularly surprised to see...
Keeping in contact with remote-working employees boosts morale
Keeping in contact with remote-working employees—and showing you care about how they are doing—is proving vital to the health of your workforce … and business.
Baton Rouge film production looking to grow post-pandemic
Baton Rouge’s Celtic Studios has gained recent attention as the soon-to-be shooting location for the new Disney feature film Crater, but the region could...
Edwards won’t end federal unemployment boost, for now
Louisiana business organizations on Wednesday called on Gov. John Bel Edwards to join Republican-led states in cutting off the extra $300 in federal unemployment...
Louisiana legislators working to lift campaign finance limits on PACs
Candidates for office in Louisiana would be able to take unlimited sums directly from political action committees, under a bill that moved nearer to...
Beauregard Town will seek local historic district status this summer
The Beauregard Town Civic Association is moving forward with a plan to turn the neighborhood into a locally designated historic district, which, if approved, would make it one of just three such districts in Baton Rouge.
News alert: John Davies retiring from BRAF
John G. Davies has announced he will retire as president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, after nearly 33 years at the helm of the organization.
Alexander tells of his troubles at LSU to international higher ed magazine
F. King Alexander is taking his media campaign against LSU to a global audience.
In a story published today in the London-based Times Higher Education,...
Influential Women in Business Q&A: Navigating work and personal life
The best advice the nine 2021 Influential Women in Business honorees can offer is to focus on your work, and serve as if no...
Roundup: Colonial Pipeline hack / Amazon eyeing MGM / COVID-19 cases
Ransom paid: Colonial Pipeline paid $4.4 million to the gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems earlier this month, according to The...
Edwards announces three large-scale coastal restoration projects
Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced that three large-scale coastal restoration projects are now under construction to restore more than 2,900 acres of beach,...
Ascension Parish president proposes year moratorium on new construction
In response to an increase in severe weather events that are producing dangerous conditions because of stormwater runoff, Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment is...
Lipsey launches pro-BREC billboard campaign to fight White’s bill
BREC supporters are fighting back against Republican Sen. Bodie White’s efforts to break up the parish parks system with a billboard campaign that begins airing today. Prominent businessman Richard Lipsey’s 501C4 organization, Put Louisiana First, is sponsoring the billboards, which will state simply in large, block letters, “Don’t’ break up BREC. Call your state representative. Oppose SB205.”
New pop-up Oak & Smoke aims to reinvent Louisiana barbecue
Louisiana is famous for its food, but people are more likely to associate the state with its po-boys or gumbo than its barbecue.
Brandon Thomsen...
NFIB joins business coalition urging end to federal unemployment boost
NFIB State Director Dawn Starns McVea says the Louisiana NFIB has joined nine other business groups in signing a letter urging Gov. John Bel...
King Crow Studios lands $6.5M defense contract
Baton Rouge-based software development company King Crow Studios today announced it was awarded a $6.5 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract with...
