Economic Development

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

City-parish announces start of traffic signal upgrades 

The Broome administration announced today it has begun work on some $40 million in...

Bar owners struggle to deal with ‘devastating’ blow from latest shutdown

Now that bars have been forced to one again shutter in all but three...

Baton Rouge ranks No. 2 for large metros for job posting growth from May to June

With 4.1% growth between May and June, the Baton Rouge metro ranks No. 2...

Virus roundup … 

• State Treasurer John Schroder today encouraged Louisiana business owners to visit the Main...

Virus roundup … 

• More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically...

BRAC’s economic indicator dashboard shows little improvement 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines...
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Virus roundup …

• Louisiana reported a single-day COVID case surge of nearly 2,000 today, the fifth-highest...

Alford: Legislative session ends as fiscal challenges persist

The Legislature concluded its first special session of the calendar year last week with...

The Capital Region’s Top 100 private companies for 2020

The Baton Rouge Top 100 Private Companies list saw little shakeup in 2020 among the top tier corporations, but total revenue rose to $25.7 billion.

Deja vu: Some local employees back to working from home

The recent uptick in COVID-19 infections has prompted some employers that had reopened their...
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