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

Lyft preparing to launch in Baton Rouge

Lyft, a ride-sharing company that competes with Uber, appears to be laying the foundation...

Film officials ‘bullish about 2017’ despite 93% decline in spending in Baton Rouge last year

Spending on film productions in Louisiana nosedived in 2016, with officials reporting a 65%...

Louisiana has ‘every reason’ to believe it will get more flood aid, state official says

Louisiana’s top recovery official said today he has “every reason to believe” the state...

Chatterkick opens in Baton Rouge a year after local acquisition

Baton Rouge-based The Powell Group has acquired Chatterkick, a Midwestern social media and marketing...

Baton Rouge software firm nets $600K in investments

A Baton Rouge-based software company has netted a $600,000 combined investment from a Florida-based...

General Informatics acquiring Teknarus

General Informatics is continuing to expand, this time with the acquisition of a fellow...

A Baton Rouge nonprofit with a long history of mismanaging public funds is about to receive an $8 million annual windfall in taxpayer dollars

Last November, voters in East Baton Rouge Parish narrowly approved a 2.25-mill dedicated property...

Legislative auditor investigating allegations the Council on Aging was illegally involved in promoting its own dedicated tax proposal

In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 8 election, the East Baton Rouge...

How to capitalize on opportunities expected to materialize under the Trump administration

Should it come to pass, the Trump plan would ease the tax burden of...

Retiring early isn’t easy, but it can be done with proper planning and a sound investment strategy

It’s no secret that many people—either because they want to or need to—are putting...
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