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

Roundup: Ascension Parish development / Fed’s next moves / LSU recruit  

Awards: Ascension Economic Development Corporation today announced it has been named Small Market of...

Rolfe McCollister: Is Louisiana tired of trashy?

We all know a picture is worth a thousand words, and I have a...

Companies with flexible work arrangements seeing faster growth  

Companies that allow their employees to work remotely as much as they like have...

Discount grocery store chain Aldi makes a play in the Baton Rouge market, while the independents continue to expand

In August, grocery store chain Aldi opened the first of three announced locations in...

Windy Gladney’s commercial plans for Burbank recommended for denial

Planning staff members are recommending that the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission deny local developer Windy Gladney’s proposal to develop some 33 acres off of Burbank for commercial use. 

The office real estate market is full of uncertainty, reluctant investors and unmet demand

Virtually no one is bullish about the Baton Rouge office market these days. Most...

What Stephen Waguespack learned from a failed campaign for governor, and where he goes from here

In a field of seven major candidates, he was the last one in. Then the...

Pennington Biomedical receives millions in funding for childhood obesity study

Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received $13.8 million for...

‘LaPolitics’: One more round of elections slated for 2023

Just when voters thought they were done with their shared democratic duty for the...

Leaders and investors say it’s critical to address real—and perceived—challenges in downtown Baton Rouge

David Facey is a Baton Rouge Magnet and LSU grad who has lived downtown...
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