Economic Development

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

Goal of new cyber coordination center is to make Louisiana a cybersecurity global leader

With the goal of Louisiana becoming a global leader in cybersecurity, LED acts as a ‘catalyst’ for a new cyber coordination center at 1200 Brickyard Lane.

Executive Spotlight: Rachel P. Cherco

Executive Spotlight: Rachel P. Cherco is one of five employees who has been with Investar Bank since its 2006 launch in Baton Rouge.

St. George votes to incorporate … now what?

In the wake of the St. George incorporation vote, Baton Rouge grapples with where to go from here and whether its city-parish government is forever broken.

News alert: Pennington lands world-renowned surgeon to head new bariatric-metabolic surgery program

A host of state and local leaders joined officials from the Pennington Biomedical Research...

JR Ball: St. George about a political divide, not a racial one

St. George was mostly about a decidedly right-leaning group of residents wanting some independence from an increasing liberal city-parish government.

Riegel: Politics shouldn’t blind the Edwards economic record

Gov. John Bel Edwards, despite GOP spin, has show fiscal restraint and political pragmatism in bailing Louisiana out of a deep financial hole.
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Publisher: Eddie Rispone for Louisiana governor

Republican businessman Eddie Rispone is the clear pick of Publisher Rolfe McCollister in the gubernatorial runoff with Democrat John Bel Edwards.

Looking for an oasis in the north Baton Rouge food desert

City working with Hope Enterprise to address the food desert problem and get brick-and-mortar grocery stores to open in north Baton Rouge.

Calling Louisiana to boost state’s trained workforce

Industry leaders are battling the stigma attached with not getting a four-year degree with a Louisiana Calling campaign designed to boost the state’s trained workforce.

Baton Rouge on mission to reimagine public housing

Federal changes are propelling the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority and its new executive director to rethink public housing.
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