Economic Development

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

Tax Foundation: Louisiana’s tax structure favors new businesses, burdens mature firms

Louisiana’s corporate tax structure—characterized by high rates and partially offsetting incentives—generally favors new businesses, leaving all mature operations except labor-intensive manufacturers with above-average tax burdens.

JR Ball: The Louisiana curse of resource abundance

If Louisiana hopes to actually compete in an economy powered by knowledge and innovation then it needs to end its resource curse.

Survey: 85% of small business across US fully open in March

Kabbage, an American Express Company that provides payment solutions for businesses, today released the...

Louisiana closed primary fight ends without legislative vote

A Senate Republican leader today scrapped efforts to redesign Louisiana’s primary elections in the...

General Informatics acquires EMCO division

Baton Rouge-based General Informatics has acquired the PC sales and managed services division of...

Paula P. Davis: 2021 Influential Women in Business honoree

2021 Influential Women in Business: Paula P. Davis is a state Representative for House District 69 as well as a commercial real estate agent.
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Amazon developer files for construction permit at former Cortana site

The developers of the Amazon fulfillment center at the former Cortana Mall site are...

Lemoine Company acquires ‘significant’ financial interest in The Workforce Group

The Lemoine Company, a Bernhard Capital Partners portfolio company focused on construction management and...

LSU will be first university to put technology on the moon

As the U.S. heads to the moon next year, for the first time since...

Fantasy sports betting in Louisiana may come in time for football season

FanDuel, the giant wagering platform, confirmed it is on track to provide fantasy sports...
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