Business News

‘LaPolitics:’ Campaign finance reports offer mixed read on cycle

Here’s where Louisiana’s worth-watching politicians stand in terms of money at the beginning of...

DEQ using drone technology to monitor the Louisiana skies

Jason Smith has flown more than 60 missions with a single drone since the...

Business summit highlights state’s budding cyber security, water industries

Following the keynote address from Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Statewide Business Summit...

Epic Piping announces $40M expansion

Epic Piping, one of the original portfolio companies created in 2014 by Baton Rouge-based...

Colorado firm buys Sherwood Forest apartment complex for $20M

A Colorado real estate management company has bought the 21 South at Parkview apartment...

IBM recruiting heavily from colleges as summer hiring deadline nears

Officials with the IBM facility in Baton Rouge say the company is on track...

Cane Land Distilling rebrands its products as Three Roll Estate

Cane Land Distilling Company recently rebranded its products under a new name—Three Roll Estate—a...

Library system to front $2.75M for repairs to idle downtown branch

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library System will front the nearly $2.75 million needed...

Louisiana business taxes grew at a rate unmatched by any other state

Over a two-fiscal-year period—from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018—companies doing business in...

Investar Bank investing in north Baton Rouge, breaks ground on three houses

Investar Bank broke ground Tuesday on three previously announced houses in north Baton Rouge...