The most notable political surprise during these final days leading up to tomorrow's big vote comes courtesy of the Louisiana Committee for a Conservative Majority.
In the six months since Pennington Biomedical Research Center launched its Obecity, USA campaign, the program’s ads and PSAs have reached millions nationally.
The Baton Rouge metro area is at its lowest unemployment rate, 4.2%, since February 2020, and the region has enjoyed four consecutive months of job growth.
Networking is all about building relationships. And in the eyes of networking expert Ivan Misner, it is during tough stretches such as the one brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic that businesspeople need to work harder than ever to maintain their networks.
One of the silver linings of “going virtual” during the pandemic, at least for local organizations, was being able to reach a broader digital audience, and, in turn, gathering ideas from experts who might not have been able to visit Baton Rouge otherwise.
Congress passed the $1 trillion infrastructure deal late Friday and President Biden signed it Saturday, providing Louisiana with billions in infrastructure funding. So what will Baton Rouge gain?
Companies that violate President Joe Biden’s call to ensure their employees are either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly could face fines of $13,600 per employee and another $136,000 for “willful violations.”