Economic Development

While the trend of converting offices to apartments is spreading outside of downtown business districts in other markets, that isn’t happening in Baton Rouge.

The current wave of COVID-19 has pushed a few shows back a week but projects are moving forward, the business agent for Louisiana’s union film workers says. 

Amtrak and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced an agreement, with Amtrak supporting the...

Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today urged drivers to have patience with delays caused by road construction. 

The U.S. job market is nearly at levels healthy enough that the central bank's low-interest-rate policies are no longer needed, Federal Reserve officials concluded last month, according to minutes of the meeting released today.

What if we held Baton Rouge and the parish that calls the capital city home to the same standards of excellence demanded of our beloved LSU football program?

Less than five months after announcing plans to end its affiliation with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announces an agreement to share resources with Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center. 

While Baton Rouge and the Capital Region have many assets, it's time to focus on the attributes that will attract and retain residents.

Ochsner Baton Rouge today opened Ochsner Health Center–Livingston Parish, offering primary care services just off Interstate 12 in Frost. 

Companies hired at the fastest pace in seven months in December ahead of escalating...