Economic Development

On July 31, the Capital Area Transit System released an economic impact study suggesting the bus system will generate some $1.6 billion in economic activity over the next decade—provided voters this fall renew a 10.6-mill dedicated tax to fund the agency. 

American small businesses were nearing pre-pandemic levels of sales and profits despite difficulty hiring...

McDonald’s Corp. and eBay Inc. today announced agreements with Lightsource bp to purchase power...

East Baton Rouge Metro Council member Dwight Hudson is pressing Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s office for a plan to increase funding for drainage projects.

Traffic-light infrastructure upgrades included in the MovEBR program could eventually be used for self-driving cars to operate safely on the city’s roads.

CATS has a tax renewal coming up; before deciding how to vote, take time to actually study what's happening at the agency.

Development of the new Amazon fulfillment center in Baton Rouge is moving forward as more permits were granted Monday for a large warehouse at the former Cortana Mall site on Cortana Place.

Betting health care is headed down a value-based road, Ochsner’s aggressive acquisitions threaten to disrupt the Baton Rouge market.

Commercial property sales in the Baton Rouge area are at one their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, says Benjamin Stalter, vice president of commercial real estate at Maestri Murrell.

Proposed changes to Louisiana’s tax system would “simplify the state’s tax code, lessen residents’...