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State board to take up renewal of $11B worth of industrial tax exemptions in Louisiana today

The Commerce and Industry Board, which oversees the state’s industrial tax exemption program, is...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Mitch Verma, Verma Systems

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: Mitch Verma Position(s): President Age: 51 Hometown: Baton Rouge Education: LSU Mitch Verma started his...

For the first time in history, local officials are getting a say in whether or not general tax breaks for industrial expansions and investments...

Supporters of changes to the Industrial Tax Exemption Program say they’ll help ensure tax...

Baton Rouge hotel market expected to be compressed until at least October

Hotel availability in the Capital City remains low nearly a month after catastrophic flooding...

Louisiana flooding projected to cost US economy upward of $15B

The historic flood that engulfed parts of the Capital Region and other south Louisiana...

Jerry Del Rio announces partnership with German company Engel and Völkers

Longtime residential real estate agent Jerry Del Rio has entered into a license agreement...

Flood claims to NFIP suggest Louisiana’s August flooding will be fourth-most costly disaster in program’s history

The National Flood Insurance Program has received nearly 30,000 claims from Louisiana policyholders affected...

2016 flood recovery guide for businesses

Hundreds of businesses in the Capital Region were severely impacted by the unprecedented flooding...

Officials aiming to relocate remaining evacuees from River Center by Sept. 14

Editor's note: This story has been revised from an earlier version to reflect that...

Baton Rouge business community’s heavy hitters still up in the air on mayoral race

Now that Labor Day has come and gone, the political season is officially underway....
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