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What to know about the library millage proposal headed to the Metro Council
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library millage continuation proposal will be introduced at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting, marking the first step toward placing the...
State and business partners launch $100M private equity fund for Louisiana businesses
Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication.
State officials on Tuesday announced the launch of a new private equity fund aimed...
Rouses opens its latest Capital Region store. See where
Rouses Markets on Monday opened its 12th location in the Capital Region with the debut of its store on Joor Road in Central.
The grocer...
Meet the 500: Gordy Rush
Gordy Rush, Vice President & General Manager, Guaranty Media
An award-winning leader in Baton Rouge’s broadcasting industry, Gordy Rush serves as vice president and general...
Go ahead, pitch that crazy idea
Kyle Scheele calls himself a “champion of crazy ideas.” And he wants businesses to embrace the most farfetched, outlandish and silliest notions they can.
Most...
Richard Bliss: The AI blind spot costing local businesses deals
A CEO client of mine received an urgent request from his sales rep: Meet with a major prospect on Friday. By Thursday, the prospect...
Why now is a good time for your business to invest in dashcams, telematics...
A new law that took effect Jan. 1 is giving Louisiana businesses a financial incentive to outfit their commercial fleets with dashboard cameras and...
This bank plans to expand its footprint into Baton Rouge
Landmark Bank has purchased land for its first Baton Rouge branch location.
The bank acquired two lots totaling about 1.6 acres on Jefferson Highway near...
Intelligence Entrepreneur: Tilt builds brands its own way in Baton Rouge
Tilt
What they do: A branding and design marketing agency specializing in brand strategy, logo design, web design and digital strategy
Address: 1109 Highland Road, Baton...
Blueprint for a billion-dollar business
Chalk it up to resiliency, inflation or simply good timing, but the list of companies that have surged past the $1 billion mark in...
Adams & Reese to absorb most of McGlinchey’s corporate, real estate team
One of Louisiana’s largest law firms is moving to absorb talent displaced by the looming dissolution of McGlinchey Stafford, another of the state’s most...
Capital Region posts solid job growth in November report
The Baton Rouge area continued to post steady job growth in November as Louisiana’s employment levels climbed to their second-highest point on record, according...
Changing the game: Return-to-office orders spark redesigns focused on giving employees freedom, comfort and...
Back in April, Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order mandating state workers return to the office effective July. Enough of this remote work...
Mid City Ballroom seeks rezoning to obtain alcohol license
Mid City Ballroom, the intimate concert venue on South Acadian Thruway, has submitted a rezoning application as it looks to move away from its...
‘We’re just getting started,’ Mayor Edwards says in State of the City
East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards says the city-parish is on solid footing following his first full year in office, citing declines in...
The state buys land for planned Hyundai steel facility in Ascension
The industrial tract planned to be the site of Hyundai’s $5.8 billion steel manufacturing facility has been purchased by the state of Louisiana.
Germania Plantation...
‘Capital Assets’ takes a closer look at what drives the region
Greater Baton Rouge is easy to underestimate. Drive through, and you might see a midsized Southern capital—government buildings, a big state university, refineries along...
How data centers are making Americans rethink the power grid
America’s AI-fueled data center boom is pushing the U.S. power grid toward a breaking point, forcing utilities and tech giants into a high-stakes standoff...
A Baton Rouge accounting firm has merged with a larger regional enterprise
Baton Rouge-based Hawthorn, Waymouth & Carroll LLP has merged with Oklahoma-based HoganTaylor LLP, expanding HoganTaylor’s footprint in Louisiana and bringing one of the Capital...
Louisiana’s new modified comparative fault system, explained
As of Jan. 1, Louisiana has officially moved away from a pure comparative fault system and adopted a modified comparative fault standard for personal...
