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

A new pop-up market series is heading to Mid City Beer Garden

The independent gallery curators of Ellemnop.Art and the owners of Mid City Beer Garden...

Louisiana has one of the nation’s smallest state tax burdens

Louisiana taxpayers forked over an average of $2,651 in state taxes in fiscal year 2021, which ranks 42nd in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation. 

What’s holding Baton Rouge back? Mediocrity, says one business leader

It will take a redirection of community energy and an investment in culture to change the negative perspective that many hold of Baton Rouge. 

‘LaPolitics’: Pay raise politics during an election year 

Some of the folks inside the Capitol are framing state Rep. Joe Marino, I-Gretna,...

BRAC to companies: Consider hiring high school students as interns

The best way to ensure they have a reliable workforce for years to come is to provide opportunities to today’s teenagers through part-time jobs and internships, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber says. 

Donelon backs tort reform benefiting homeowner insurance companies 

After pushing so-called tort reform legislation in 2020 that failed to reduce auto insurance rates, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon
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Construction begins on first of three apartment complexes by same developer

Construction is underway for the Waters at Millerville, a 295-unit apartment community being built on the last 13-acres of Windy Gladney’s Millerville development. 

Salary range, political concerns delay search for new EBR library director

The search for the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system’s next leader is on pause, which the assistant director attributes to an uncompetitive salary structure and political controversy. 

Mississippi wants restrictions on spillway openings, but corps fighting back 

A federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with federal fisheries experts before opening the Bonnet Carre spillway

In a slowing economy, companies beginning to see remote work as a liability 

Companies trying to run leaner and more efficiently are deploying familiar strategies from past downturns, and some are now taking new aim at their employees’ work-from-home arrangements, The Wall Street Journal reports. 
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