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Northside Motor Exchange building in ‘downtown east’ to become collaborative shared space for artists, creative entrepreneurs

The long vacant Northside Motor Exchange Building at 655 Scenic Highway, in the neighborhood...

Waguespack, Scott and Spain talk politics, economy and progress at Leadership Power Breakfast

As Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack prepared to deliver his...

AG’s opinion clears Dorsey-Colomb to work in clerk of court’s office, but no hire imminent

Though state Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb has received an Attorney General’s opinion stating she could...

Solving Baton Rouge gridlock problem is harder than it looks, says local traffic expert

We’ve sent astronauts to the moon, created smartphones and cured certain cancers, so why...

Louisiana business groups balk at Gov. Edwards’ budget proposals

Business groups are dismayed by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ proposals to help solve the...

It was a record-breaking year for Baton Rouge’s most expensive homes

(Photography by Don Kadair: the $6 million Pennington/de la Bretonne estate) In 2015, residential real...

Baton Rouge’s 10 Most Expensive Home Sales of 2015

(Photography by Don Kadair) No. 1 The region's biggest seller is a gated Mediterranean estate on...

Top Commercial Real Estate Deals of 2015

(Photography by Don Kadair: The Standard) For the commercial real estate market in Baton Rouge,...

Top Business Deals of 2015

Though the number and scope of major projects announced in 2015 were not as...

Contract labor or employee? The Louisiana Workforce Commission targets high-risk companies to weed out misclassifications.

(Photography by Don Kadair: former Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Curt Eysink) Editor's note: This...