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‘LaPolitics’: Jim Engster addresses his own role in politics

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How can small businesses keep productivity gains going? 

Most small business owners are currently benefiting from the ongoing burst in labor productivity, but it sustaining that momentum will be the key to growth, according to Inc. 

Gambling in Louisiana slowed significantly last month. Here’s why 

Louisiana gaming revenues were down across the board in January as the state faced winter weather that took a toll on the industry.

U.S. House passes bill to reverse Biden pause of some LNG exports 

The U.S. House voted Thursday to approve a bill that would preempt the Biden administration’s move last month to pause new approvals for some liquefied natural gas exports.

Here’s what’s on Monday’s Planning Commission agenda

Belle of Baton Rouge’s request for rezoning, part of its plan to move its gaming operations inland, will go before the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission on Monday. 

Should businesses stop boosting posts from their iPhones? Meta thinks so

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has reignited its longstanding feud with Apple, Wall Street Journal reports.

Check out Baton Rouge’s most expensive home sales of 2023 

“It felt like a bad year, but when you look at the numbers—it wasn’t...

Number of American workers hitting picket lines more than doubled last year 

Autoworkers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for months. And health...

Woman’s Hospital issued permit for construction of perinatal mental health unit

Contractors were granted permits last week to begin construction of Woman’s Hospital’s planned perinatal mental health unit, which would become the first inpatient mental health unit in Louisiana to focus solely on the needs of pregnant and postpartum women.

Lafayette heat treatment company acquired by Houston private equity firm

Houston private equity firm Capstreet has acquired Analytic Stress Relieving Inc., a Lafayette heat treatment services provider. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.