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

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Kelly Bienn

Photography by Don Kadair Kelly Bienn Position: Senior Vice President of Marketing Company: Baton Rouge Area Chamber Age:...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome expands $300K Baton Rouge government contract study

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s planned disparity study—a review of how often city-parish contracts are...

Metro Council nixes measure to fund, hire executive search firm for new Baton Rouge airport director

Metro Council member Barbara Freiberg’s hard-fought battle to conduct a national search for a...

So soon? Owner of former JC Penney spot at Cortana Mall planning to sell building

Less than four months after acquiring the vacant JC Penney location at Cortana Mall,...

Matherne’s Market to anchor LSU Nicholson Gateway Project

Matherne’s Market will be the new retail anchor tenant of LSU’s Nicholson Gateway Project,...

Eddie Rispone creates nonprofit to take on Together Baton Rouge

Businessman Eddie Rispone has formed a nonprofit organization—Baton Rouge Families First—that is taking direct...

Bernhard company rebranding its energy business while shooting for Fortune 500 status

POWER PLAY: With a vision of building a Fortune 500 company in Baton Rouge,...

LSU sets ambitious online education goal for flagship campus

AMBITIOUS PLAN: LSU’s Baton Rouge campus currently has 764 students taking online courses, but...

Alabama trouncing LSU in football … and enrollment growth

FLAGSHIP FLIES AT HOME: While most flagship universities across the country are actively recruiting...

Louisiana’s quest for technology talent

GLORY DAYS: The excitement expressed by John Davies, of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation,...
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