Economic Development

The new downtown apartment project being planned by the team behind The Heron would be similar to the aforementioned 142-unit complex across the street but would not be a copy. 

Surging inflation gobbled up household income gains last year, making 2022 the third straight...

The Downtown Development District Commission approved a strategic plan today that sets out goals for the next five years. 

Small business confidence continues to slide as inflation remains the single most pressing issue.

What’s next for John Kennedy? After capturing a few news cycles this year and last...

The EPA is buried under a mountain of permit applications from companies that want to store carbon dioxide underground, reports E&E News.

A decade ago, a group of residents launched a petition to eliminate the nine-hole City Park golf course and use the additional room to create a true “central park” for Baton Rouge—and the debate grew testy. 

LSU has surpassed $400 million in research activity across the university’s multiple disciplines including investments in agriculture, biomedicine, coastal sciences and engineering, defense and energy. 

In west-central Louisiana, where wildfires have ravaged thousands of acres of drought-stricken forests in...

As regional and community banks across the nation increasingly tighten their loan standards, Baton Rouge-area financial institutions are assessing their own lending practices with regard to risk.