Business News

Businessman Richard Lipsey and representatives from the mayor’s office and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office met late Monday with the owners of three Rieger Road motels that Lipsey and neighboring business owners say have contributed to aggressive panhandling in the Siegen Lane-Rieger Road area.

Publisher Rolfe McCollister gives his endorsements for president, mayor, area congressional races and other items on the Nov. 3 ballot.

With 30 days until the primary in the Baton Rouge mayor’s race, incumbent Sharon Weston Broome—as expected—has the largest campaign war chest by far.

The third pandemic session of the year has come down to negotiations between the...

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.

A capital investment firm, based out of Calgary, Alberta, bought two self-storage facilities in Baton Rouge last week. 

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

• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 889 new COVID-19 cases today and 26...

The brothers behind Parker’s Pharmacy bought the former Regions Bank building on Florida Boulevard,...

Big John’s Fast Fries, billed as a “startup french fry concept,” is moving into the South Sherwood Forest Boulevard building most recently vacated by Best Boilers.