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TOP 100: 16 questions to move your company forward

Whether it's creating the next generation of a product or tweaking customer service to...

Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain on crop production, medical marijuana and more

The value of Louisiana’s agriculture economy has grown from $5.9 billion to $12.7 billion...

A bird’s-eye view of the student housing boom on Ben Hur Road

(Photo by Eddie Weeks) Six years ago, no student housing developments sat on Ben Hur...

Are Louisiana students using their TOPS scholarships wisely? For most of them, yes

Thousands of college-bound students in Louisiana benefit from TOPS, the generous financial aid program...

Should Baton Rouge ban smoking in local bars and casinos, like New Orleans?

New Orleans passed a law this year to ban smoking in local bars and...

Do you have what it takes? 10 signs you know you’re an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurs are a different bunch. Willing to stare down the threat of failure and...

Aaron Beam, who served time in jail after the HealthSouth scandal, opens up about the wrongdoing and his new work

(Photo courtesy of Aaron Beam) Aaron Beam served three months in a minimum-security prison for...

Shaw 2.0? Jim Bernhard is taking a page from his Shaw playbook to grow a family of companies that could rival CB&I.

(Photo by Brian Baiamonte; Jim Bernhard) When Jim Bernhard retired from The Shaw Group in...

The Delpit family’s Chicken Shack is still going strong after eight decades

(Photography by Don Kadair): The Chicken Shack Loyal customers, dedicated employees, an involved managerial team...

Downtown dwellers: Four pioneers open their doors and share their stories of what urban living is really like.

(Photography by Don Kadair) As unprecedented amounts of construction continues to envelop downtown Baton Rouge,...
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