Business News

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

🔒 School’s choice – Accountability and admissions could prove deciding factors for possible participation in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed voucher program.

Over the past six years, The Dunham School has been in serious growth mode. The...

🔒 Parking problems – Flush with bars, boutiques and restaurants, the hip and historic Perkins Road overpass district has a serious challenge that could...

Cars are parked all around DiGiulio Brothers Italian Café and on the sidewalk out...

🔒 Social entrepreneurs – Faced with dwindling traditional revenues, nonprofits are turning to the corporate model to find sustainability.

Volunteers paying fees for the opportunity to lend a hand. Clients charged higher copayments...

🔒 The lawyer’s ‘treasure trove’ – Anything you tweet, post, blog, share, tag or update can and will be used against you in a...

It isn't just anything you say that can and will be used against you...

🔒 Prescription for change: Customers and their insurance providers are caught in the middle of the feud between Walgreens and Express Scripts.

When Faith Earley was released from the hospital a few weeks ago with prescription...

🔒 Tenuous tenure: Reform advocates gear up for another shot at eliminating the Louisiana law that guarantees educators permanent employment after three years on...

It isn't often that you hear a classroom teacher calling for a speedy end...

🔒 What will he do for an encore? – Political observers expect Gov. Bobby Jindal to take bolder action in his second term, if...

As Gov. Bobby Jindal begins his second term, the question that many people have...

🔒 On the recruiting trail – Louisiana aims to replace a lost generation of workers through programs designed to attract and retain future employees.

The alarm first sounded about five years ago. The oil and gas industry was headed...

🔒 An emerging player – Louisiana could see additional jobs, new market prospects and increased tax revenue as a result of export opportunities.

When it comes to natural gas, the United States has been largely an importer....

🔒 Hair down: Salons, barbershops and spas in the Capital Region and across the country report a ‘dramatic slowdown in customer traffic growth.’

Beauty has fallen on tough times in Baton Rouge. After experiencing a decade of double-...
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