Business News

Graves continues push to speed up coastal restoration projects with new bill

U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge., today introduced the Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited...

Water Institute will work with corps to amend cost-benefit analyses process

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected The Water Institute of the Gulf to analyze how the federal benefit-cost analysis, used to select projects for construction, can more fully account for nature-based project benefits to the economy, environment and our communities.

Kennedy joins bill making it easier to export LNG

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy recently joined in introducing the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act...

Sports events, conventions could bypass state if transgender restrictions approved

Leaders in Louisiana’s tourism industry—particularly those centered on New Orleans—say the restrictions on transgender...

Lawsuit drags on three years after structural failure at downtown library site

This month marks three years since a structural failure caused by a faulty weld...

When deciding whether to sell the business is a family affair

A growing number of aging small business owners, with no family members interested in taking over, are considering their options—including selling their multigenerational companies.
- Advertisement -

LSU AgCenter remains silent on Title IX case involving researcher

Nearly one week after Daily Report detailed the unusual case of Niranjan Baisakh, a researcher at the LSU AgCenter who was accused in 2016 by a female graduate student of stalking, sexual harassment and sexual assault and had his tenure “removed” only to have it reinstated by the university three years later, questions remain as to how the unorthodox sanction was handed down and who approved the measures.

Baton Rouge commercial real estate sales reach record territory in March

As the first quarter of 2021 ended, the total number of commercial sales in...

State lawmakers begin advancing bills to overhaul tax system

Louisiana lawmakers took the first steps to overhaul the state's complicated tax system today...

Downtown Baton Rouge businesses feel ripple effect from drop in office occupancy 

It’s been just five years since then-President Barack Obama ordered oyster, shrimp and roast...