Woodside reaches $17.5B investment decision on Lake Charles LNG facility

Australia-based Woodside Energy Group has reached a $17.5 billion final investment decision on its liquefied natural gas production and export facility in Lake Charles. Officials...

Here’s an update on the upcoming Nexus Technology Cup event

The application deadline for Nexus Louisiana’s inaugural Technology Cup has been extended one week until May 7.  Nexus CEO Tony Zanders tells Daily Report that...

Louisiana’s Mark Cooper appointed to Trump’s FEMA Review Council

President Donald Trump on Monday appointed 13 members to his newly formed Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council—including one prominent Louisianan. That Louisianan is Mark...

Local entrepreneurs are launching Founders Fest

Local communications coach and entrepreneur Abbey Lovett, along with a group of local business founders, is launching Founders Fest 2025 next month—a new event...

Bon Carré tech hub lands a $9.4M buyer

A 7.5-acre property within the Bon Carré Technology Park has changed hands. Dallas-based DartPoints Operating Company LLC purchased the roughly 89,000-square-foot building—which houses Nexus Louisiana...

Legislation would shift sports tourism money to Visit Baton Rouge

A bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature aims to bolster East Baton Rouge Parish’s sports tourism efforts by reallocating state funds to Visit Baton...

Baton Rouge’s Trends real estate seminar returns this week

The Trends in Baton Rouge Real Estate seminar returns on Thursday providing a breakdown of the local real estate market. The annual event at L’Auberge...

WARN notice filed for layoffs at two IDEA campuses in Baton Rouge

IDEA Southern Louisiana has filed a WARN notice with the state for upcoming layoffs at its two Baton Rouge campuses as the charter school...

The Metro Council is about to weigh a landmark deal with St. George

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to consider a proposed intergovernmental agreement between Baton Rouge and St. George at its meeting Wednesday. The...

Louisiana fully recovers from COVID-era job losses

For the first time in five years, Louisiana has more jobs than it did before the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to the First Quarter 2025...

Mid City’s Y makes a comeback

The newly constructed A.C. Lewis YMCA on South Foster Drive in Mid City will soon open its doors. A representative for the YMCA of the...

This Jefferson Highway property will be Studyville’s new headquarters

The former Jefferson Oaks Behavioral Health clinic on Jefferson Highway has been will soon become the new corporate office for Studyville, a Baton Rouge-based...
Government Street Road Diet Mid City

Trump’s transportation officials buck future ‘road diets’ 

Despite resistance from some Republican governors, removing lanes as a “road diet” has been a tool numerous cities—including Baton Rouge—have used for years to...

The Perkins underpass improvements are back on track

A Perkins underpass revitalization project years in the making is expected to finally break ground this summer. That’s according to Jenni Peters, the founder and...

Baton Rouge-born ParkZen has been acquired by a Texas tech company

ParkZen, an AI-powered parking software company co-founded by LSU Associate Professor Manos Chatzopoulos, has been acquired by Texas-based Parking Guiding Systems Inc., or PGS. Developed...

Chevron begins oil and gas production from Ballymore project off of Louisiana

Chevron on Monday morning announced it has started oil and natural gas production from its Ballymore project off the Louisiana coast.  The deepwater project is...

Does Gov. Landry’s bid to restrict attorney advertising violate the First Amendment?

A bill backed by Gov. Jeff Landry aims to rein in Louisiana’s famously aggressive personal injury attorney advertising—but it may face stiff legal challenges. The...

Proposed legislation tests parish appetite for inventory tax reform

A pair of bills moving through the Louisiana Legislature would give parishes the option to phase out property taxes on business inventory—something supporters say...

Louisiana looks to Denmark for lessons on wind energy

Last week, a group of Louisiana leaders traveled to Denmark to get a firsthand look at how the country became a global trailblazer in...

Meet the new president of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge

Casey O’Banion has been tapped to lead the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge, a program that offers high school students a unique opportunity...