Business News

Breaking news, company moves, economic trends, and the deals shaping Greater Baton Rouge and the Capital Region.

Gov. Landry’s former policy director launches lobbying firm

John Kay, who served as Gov. Jeff Landry’s policy director for the first 18...

‘Two Cents’: Why a new LSU arena is about so much more than sports

Young people leaving Baton Rouge for other cities over the years have been repeating...

Amtrak’s NOLA-to-Mobile passenger rail route gets moving next week

Amtrak’s new Gulf Coast passenger rail route running from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama,...

Two foreclosed apartment complexes sell for a combined $5.5M

A Kansas City, Missouri-based property management company has acquired two foreclosed apartment complexes in...

Sales tax collections are dropping in East Baton Rouge Parish

May 2025 by Holly Duchmann

Hut 8 breaks ground on massive data center north of Baton Rouge

Construction has commenced on the massive $12.5 billion data center that bitcoin miner Hut...

BCP is selling its stake in Brown & Root

Bernhard Capital Partners announced that it has agreed to sell its stake in Baton...

National salon suite franchise opens location in Perkins Rowe

Image Studios, a salon suite franchise, has opened a location in Baton Rouge, its...

High stakes, higher risk: A maturing online sports betting market brings growing tax revenues—and alarming signs of financial and personal ruin

It’s difficult to predict with any precision how much revenue Louisiana will receive in...

Why your website may be working against you

In today’s digital-first world, your website is often the first—and sometimes only—interaction a potential...
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