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As the Trump administration targets undocumented workers, key Louisiana industries could suffer a crippling labor shortage

In 1997, 18-year-old David Ozuna left his poverty-stricken neighborhood in Acapulco, Mexico, and headed...

A lack of mental health resources is draining Baton Rouge’s finances and clogging its bloated ERs and parish prison

Joe, 55, suffers from schizophrenia. He lives in a Baton Rouge retirement and assisted...

Read Business Report’s Trends in Health Care 2017

Mental health. Disaster planning. Medicaid. New technology. Those issues—and plenty more—are highlighted in in the...

‘Business Report’ Publisher: Louisiana can’t afford populism anymore

Government has an insatiable appetite and never seems to get enough money to satisfy...

Riegel: EBR Council on Aging needs more oversight

Supporters of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging will tell you their organization...

Dima Ghawi: Terrified of public speaking? Here’s what you can do about it

Many years ago, when I first started giving speeches, I was in my hotel...

Baton Rouge is a hot market for quick service restaurant chains, but finding locations is hindering growth

When the industry trade publication for quick service restaurants, QSR, released its list of...

How Rotolo’s brand grew across the southeast through evolution, franchising and a love of food

(Photo by Don Kadair) Mitch Rotolo’s pizza empire started cooking more than two decades ago...

Entrepreneur: Katie Green

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte) POSITION Owner and practitioner COMPANY Green Living Holistic Health & Therapy WHAT THEY DO A whole body...

Tips for ceating a company social media policy

Businesses of all shapes and sizes have long-established policies and procedures that govern everything...