Business News

Increased pay transparency leads employees to work harder, as long as they believe the pay system is fair, according to several new studies, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Director of Transportation and Drainage Fred Raiford is looking at lowering the speed limits on Government Street to make the corridor safer for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as deter distracted drivers from hitting the medians. 

Kenny Nguyen’s efforts to make Baton Rouge an entrepreneurial hub have been spotlighted in a feature by national business magazine Inc.

Commercial Properties Realty Trust has acquired 63 properties along Nicholson Drive between LSU and downtown.

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet resigned today amid a bribery scandal in...

Louie’s is never quiet. In between sips of coffee, the restaurant’s student-dominated crowd anxiously babbles about upcoming quizzes and weekend shenanigans. The aroma of bacon is thick in the air.

State officials are trying to figure out how to remedy a decline in TOPS scholarship participation throughout the state.

Nationwide, bars and restaurants are increasingly adding trivia night events to their schedules in an effort to attract more customers and boost profits.

Sporting events are a key piece of Baton Rouge’s tourism strategy. The city recently has hosted volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling tournaments, and a youth soccer tournament planned for June is expected to inject millions into the local economy. 

Work will soon begin on a new two-building office complex on Bluebonnet Boulevard. Podiatrists Kemp Tullier and Clif Richardson will move into one of the buildings.