Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

GSA Consulting Engineers acquired by North Carolina firm

Gonzales-based GSA Consulting Engineers has been acquired by Raleigh, North Carolina-based engineering firm McKim...

Striving for more diverse leadership at LSU

Leadership at the state's flagship institution has been dominated by men, but the university is embarking on an effort to get more women in upper-management positions.

Funding source for new Mississippi River bridge advances to full Senate

An infrastructure bill advanced Monday by the Senate Finance Committee could have major implications...

Regions Bank acquiring home improvement lender

Regions Bank has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire home improvement lender EnerBank USA, Regions announced Tuesday.

Louisiana could be key player in building a hydrogen economy

With an anti-natural gas movement growing across the U.S., Louisiana and Texas could become...

Lawmakers trying to reach deal on roadwork

Louisiana senators advanced several transportation financing proposals in a rare Sunday debate session, as...
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New players helping to diversify Baton Rouge’s industrial real estate sector

Despite an oil price crash and a pandemic, Baton Rouge’s industrial real estate landscape...

Legislature approves bill to cover bariatric surgeries for state employees

Officials with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s new Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Our Lady...

Centralization of state sales tax collection now goes to Louisiana voters

Louisiana lawmakers Thursday gave final passage to an effort pushed by Republican House Speaker...

‘LaPolitics’: New transportation-focused group meets

As first reported in Business Report last fall, politicos and civic activists have spent...
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