Economic Development

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

PAR urges Legislature to reconvene, address critical budget issues 

The legislative session has been effectively suspended until April 13 due to COVID-19 concerns...

House passes $2.2T rescue package, rushes it to Trump 

Acting swiftly in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2...

Broome: Rebuilding from pandemic will ‘look a lot different’ 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome says she doesn’t know yet how much the city budget...

Virus roundup … 

• The House kicked off a debate Friday on the $2.2 trillion package to...

Small business owners say even with federal help, ‘this isn’t sustainable’

As the coronavirus crisis and economic upheaval it has wrought intensifies, small business owners...

Virus roundup … 

• Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week—almost five times the...
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The check isn’t in the mail: Multifamily landlords bracing for April ‘tsunami’

With April rent checks due in less than a week, landlords are starting to...

Gonzales could get hemp manufacturing and processing facility

A new company plans to open a hemp manufacturing and processing facility in Gonzales,...

A decade after Deepwater Horizon spill, researchers assess what was learned

Researchers at The Water Institute of the Gulf have published five new journal articles...

BRAC launches displaced worker database 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is reaching out to displaced workers with a new...
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