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Delta Utilities completes its acquisition of Entergy’s natural gas business

Delta Utilities on Tuesday announced that it has completed its acquisition of Entergy’s New...

What BTR projects its Fourth of July travel numbers to look like 

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport expects the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend to...

Baton Rouge 3.0: Downtown is evolving once again

When Whitney Hoffman Sayal took the helm of the Downtown Development District in June...

A Q&A with Jonathan Grimes

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge president and CEO weighs in on the...

Curtain call or comeback? Funding challenges and closures test Baton Rouge’s cultural sector

On May 1, Latin percussionist Sammy Figueroa took to the Manship Theatre stage to...

Louisiana companies tread carefully as political and cultural shifts reshape diversity efforts

Efforts to understand how Baton Rouge-area businesses are adapting to shifts in diversity, equity...

How ‘think-and-do tank’ Better Louisiana plans to achieve bold reforms

With an eye toward bold, systemic reform, two of Louisiana’s most influential advocacy groups—the...

It was a record year for the Capital Region’s top 100 private companies

In a year marked by economic headwinds and persistent uncertainty, the Capital Region’s Top...

How lifelong entrepreneur Stuart Gilly is turning Tuesdays into a movement

When the phone rang, Stuart Gilly was ready. The team from the Emerge Center was...

The Newtron way: A belief in doing right by employees helped this contractor become a billion-dollar business

In each of The Newtron Group’s offices and job site trailers across the country...
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