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Grassroots movements can transform Baton Rouge, speaker says

Baton Rouge is a place where if you want to lead, you can. 

Capital Region home flippers saw higher profits in 2022

Capital Region home flippers realized an average profit of $65,000 in 2022, compared to $50,000 the previous year, new data shows. 

CF Industries buying IPL’s south Louisiana ammonia complex for $1.7B  

CF Industries Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement...

SVB collapse has frozen capital markets 

The capital markets have been on ice since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank two weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

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. 
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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