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Portraits of Excellence: 2021 Business Awards and Hall of Fame

2021 Business Awards and Hall of Fame: Honoring four Baton Rouge business leaders and two homegrown companies that embraced risk-taking on the journey to success.

MESH wins Best in Show at Baton Rouge Addy awards

Baton Rouge-based creative agency MESH was honored as Best in Show Overall at the annual American Advertising Awards, held last Saturday as a drive-in event at L’Auberge Casino Hotel.

Group studying Baton Rouge short-term rental issues set to reconvene

After the COVID-19 pandemic put its efforts on hold, a committee created to study...

Will Louisiana auto insurance rates ever go down?

It’s unclear when or if auto insurance rates in Louisiana will ever decrease as...

Study: Companies need to do better at addressing Black attrition in workplace

American companies have devoted no shortage of resources or rhetoric toward making workplaces more...

Women hold 30% of LSU’s highest-paid jobs but earn only 25% of the pay

Last year, women held 30% of the highest-paid jobs among LSU’s core employees, but received only 25% of the dollars that went to the university’s top earners.
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Council on Aging buys Lotus Center property from city-parish

The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging bought the newly renovated Lotus Center property on Main Street from the city-parish Monday.

Area chambers back state gas tax increase while LABI, NFIB still undecided

The Southeast Super Region Committee—a partnership of economic development organizations that includes the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, Greater New Orleans Inc., and the South Louisiana Council—has come out in support of a bill that would raise the state’s gasoline tax to fund key infrastructure projects while also increasing oversight of the state transportation department.

BC&I revisiting Marathon Oil’s controversial ITEP request

The Louisiana Board of Commerce & Industry on Wednesday will again consider whether to...

Baton Rouge native, cancer survivor to be youngest American in space

A 29-year-old cancer survivor and Baton Rouge-area native who is now a physician's assistant...