Economic Development

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

Pandemic shipping delays, product scarcity could last through summer

When the COVID-19 crisis first hit, demand plummeted for Romy Taormina's flagship product, a...

Tax incentive reform bills face off in Louisiana Legislature

Louisiana’s House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would require a...

Fed estimates fewer businesses failed during pandemic than feared

The economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough to measure, but new...

Bill would expand Louisiana film tax credit program

A bill to expand and extend Louisiana's film tax credit program earned approval from...

Pennington rolls out new logo and look as part of rebranding, marketing effort

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is launching a major rebranding and marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness of obesity and the work the center is doing to address it.

Charter operator to begin air service between Baton Rouge and Gulf Shores this summer

Baton Rouge Metro Airport is getting a new direct air service to the beach...
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Louisiana loses 7,500 oil and gas jobs during pandemic

Employment in Louisiana’s oil and gas industry has been declining since 2014 and took...

BBQGuys acquires California-based grill accessories manufacturer

Baton Rouge-based BBQGuys today announced its acquisition of Pacific Coast Manufacturing, a manufacturer of stainless steel grill accessories.

Louisiana tax rewrite drawing business resistance

Republican state lawmakers trying to muscle through a wide-ranging rewrite of Louisiana’s tax laws...

Metro Council asked to weigh in on phasing out of state inventory tax

The Broome administration is asking the Metro Council to approve a resolution at its meeting later today “strongly opposing” a bill to eliminate the state’s inventory tax—unless any such measure would supplement the revenue loss for all parish taxing jurisdictions.
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