Economic Development

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

Current drought may be a good thing for Louisiana farmers, LSU AgCenter economist says

Louisiana’s current drought may benefit the state’s agriculture industry more than it hurts it,...

Potential investors in Louisiana’s medical marijuana program given overview on partnering with LSU AgCenter

Hundreds of interested investors in the state’s medical marijuana industry packed an auditorium at...

Majority of Louisianans pessimistic about the direction of the state, national economy, poll shows

Just weeks before Louisiana voters will choose its Congressional representation and decide on proposed...

Job creation at Baton Rouge IBM facility falls short of 2016 target

The Baton Rouge IBM Client Innovation Center fell 67 jobs short of the 500...

Local sales tax rebate for TV, movie productions could help Baton Rouge level the playing field for film projects, councilman says

Baton Rouge could follow in the footsteps of other Louisiana cities and parishes to...

Tennessee-based Unum has a plan to push Starmount’s revenues beyond the $500 million mark over the next five years and double the number of...

Tennessee-based insurance firm Unum says it is committed to making the Starmount office in...
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Baton Rouge area businesses with a solid disaster strategy in place were able to work through historic flood more effectively, aid affected employees

Sarah Munson, vice president of human resources at Starmount Life Insurance Company, says the...

The Interview: Louisiana Ag Commissioner Mike Strain on the state’s relationship with Cuba

(Photo by Don Kadair) The possibility of the United States lifting its trade embargo on Cuba...

Two new restaurants, coffee house, fitness center coming to Central in new TND

Two months after the historic flood of 2016 devastated much of Central, city leaders...

Deal between Baton Rouge General and Ochsner months behind schedule, but both sides say they’re still talking

When officials with New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System and General Health System, which owns...
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