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Almost 2,000 “name, image and likeness” endorsement deals with LSU athletes have been disclosed since the governing body for college athletics began to allow them a little more than two years ago, says Taylor Jacobs, LSU’s associate athletics director for NIL and strategic initiatives. 

Baton Rouge’s MMR Group, The Newtron Group and ISC Construction were ranked as the 11th, 14th and 28th largest electrical contracting firms in the nation, respectively, on Engineering News-Record’s specialty contractors list.

Less than three months after donating ownership of his five restaurants to his management team, Baton Rouge restauranteur Wayne Stabiler has closed on property off of Airline Highway. 

Chief executives and chief marketing officers often don’t see eye-to-eye on precisely what their...

Deposits increased at Baton Rouge-area banks for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, signaling clients’ confidence in local banking institutions after the tumultuous spring. 

Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners has agreed to buy Entergy’s gas distribution business for about $484 million, the companies announced today. 

A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves have expressed in opinion polls.

A legislative task force on Friday heard from state officials on the status of Louisiana’s water systems in its bid to craft recommendations for improvements.

In Louisiana, the energy transition away from high-intensity carbon fuels is focused on things such as creating lower-carbon hydrogen and capturing climate-warming carbon from industry and directly from the air.

Twelve local developments were recognized Thursday at the Baton Rouge Growth Coalition's Good Growth Awards banquet at the Renaissance Hotel.