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Louisiana legislators push unemployment insurance relief bills to aid businesses

Louisiana lawmakers approved several bills Monday that would provide relief to businesses in light...

BRAC economic dashboard shows combined jobless claims continue to fall

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines...

Baton Rouge employers forced to pivot as remote workforce deals with power outages

Baton Rouge’s business community has been dealt yet another blow this year: widespread power outages triggered by Hurricane Delta, which made landfall in southwest Louisiana on Friday.

BRAC changes rules for mayoral forum so Piazza, Guirard can participate

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is changing the rules of the mayoral forum it is hosting Tuesday night with WGMB/WVLA, clearing the way for all six candidates in the race to participate, not just the top four based on a recent poll.

‘LaPolitics’: Judicial contests drawing money from business lobby

The political action committees of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry have taken...

Fiscal issues the focus of most constitutional amendments on ballot

When Louisiana voters go to the polls next month, among the items on the...

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Baton Rouge mayor’s race poll: Carter, Watson tied for 2nd behind Broome

The Baton Rouge mayoral primary is shaping up to be a three-person race, with Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome far out in front and Republican challengers Steve Carter and Matt Watson neck-in-neck for the No. 2 spot in the December runoff.

Baton Rouge homeowners vulnerable to foreclosure, report says

Nearly 110,000 Louisiana homeowners were unable to pay on their mortgages in September—including some...

BRAC to close PPE Marketplace, transition it to sell wider range of office supplies

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced the closure of its PPE Marketplace on Oct. 1, at which point the marketplace will transition from a strictly PPE operation to include broader office supplies.

Pandemic already changing world’s cityscapes, public spaces

While planners, thinkers and policymakers are talking a lot these days about how the COVID-19 pandemic will change the way we design and build our communities in the future, some of those changes are already taking place, say experts, who spoke at the opening session today of the Center for Planning Excellence’s 2020 Virtual Smart Growth Summit.