Ascension Business Report

Welcome to Ascension Business Report, the source for local business news across one of the Capital Region’s fastest-growing parishes. Backed by the team at the
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, it covers the openings, expansions, real estate deals, and people shaping Gonzales, Prairieville, Donaldsonville, and beyond.
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Australian firm eyes Ascension Parish for EV battery materials production plant

Australian company Element 25 is exploring plans to build an electric vehicle battery materials production facility in Ascension Parish, LED announced this morning.

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin won’t seek reelection 

Louisiana’s top election official will give up his office at the end of his term in January. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin issued a statement today announcing he will not seek reelection this fall.

Roundup: IRS promise / Gas pipelines / Ascension Parish schools 

‘Real world improvements’: New IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel delivered a tax-season pledge Tuesday that...

OLOL’s food services vendor is laying off 195 workers in Baton Rouge and Ascension

Food services vendor Morrison Healthcare is laying off 195 employees at its Our Lady of the Lake hospitals in Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish.

​​Is the Baton Rouge-area housing market becoming more favorable to buyers?

Homes in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes are on average less affordable for local buyers than a year ago but more affordable than last quarter, according to a new report. 

EBR’s population keeps falling, but these neighboring parishes grew

East Baton Rouge Parish lost an estimated 3,109 residents from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Ascension, Pointe Coupee among parishes seeing largest wage gains

Only six Louisiana parishes saw their average wage top the national average in the third quarter of 2022, reports The Daily Advertiser, but nearly every parish saw wages increase from the previous quarter.

‘LaPolitics’: Down ballot races developing 

Secretary of state: Public Service Commissioner Mike Francis, R-Jena, announced his candidacy this week....

Roundup: Ascension power outages / Economic growth / Wall Street 

In the dark, again: A widespread outage in parts of Ascension Parish knocked out...

La. 70 widening to support industry in Ascension, St. James parishes 

State and local officials broke ground last week on the $53.2 million widening of La. 70 from the Sunshine Bridge in St. James Parish to Sorrento in Ascension Parish, The Gonzales Weekly Citizen reports. 
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