Economic Development

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

Search underway at Southern, LSU for private marijuana producer

Southern University, one of two licensed medical marijuana growers in Louisiana, held a town...

A fund to bolster Baton Rouge’s film industry is in the works

Baton Rouge film professionals and LSU alumni are planning a film fund through the...

Move over Hidden Valley: Baton Rouge’s Hanley’s salad dressings headed to Wal-Mart

Hanley’s is shipping its first 1,000 cases of salad dressing later this week to...

At least 15% of Louisianans reported being underemployed in 2016, Gallup says

Underemployment remains a problem in Louisiana, as the state ranks among 10 states in...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome takes on her toughest job yet as she tries to unite a city-parish divided by race, class and geography

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome says she knows some of her objectives, such as establishing...

The Bayou State’s congressional delegation is gaining momentum, but its clout on the national stage is nowhere near what it once was

Since being elected in 2014, Sen. Bill Cassidy has landed a spot on the Senate...
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Mayor Sharon Weston Broome: On the issues

photography by Don Kadair Business Report sat down with Mayor Sharon Weston Broome for a...

The ‘Louisiana Chemical Corridor’ is coming to fruition with the help of LSU’s new Industrial Innovation Center

LSU Construction Management Professor Jonathan Shi, who is leading the university’s new Industrial Innovation...

Riegel: The multimillion-dollar question facing Baton Rouge’s most ambitious plans

It’s been nearly a year since a study on the feasibility of building a...

Baton Rouge attorney Spencer Calahan planning $8.5M downtown office building

Spencer Calahan has begun work to build a new five-story office building in downtown...
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