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

LSU-area apartments sell to New York-based investor   

Four Gaslite apartment complexes near the LSU campus have sold, according to documents filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s Office.

Fat Cow on Highland closes after 11 years

Fat Cow Burgers and Salads on Highland Road just south of LSU has permanently...

Caffeine makes customers spend more, according to LSU study  

A new study from LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business found that when consumers...

Baton Rouge city worker keeps racking up more than 2,400 hours of overtime a year

An emergency medical service supervisor in Baton Rouge made $87,701 in annual overtime on average from 2019 through 2021, working an average of 2,455 hours in overtime each year.

With one coastal restoration project complete, work continues on larger ones

Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at...

Local restaurants feeling squeezed by cost increases

Zippy’s Burritos, Tacos & More owner Neal Hendrick says the restaurant is “getting squeezed” by higher costs for food, fuel and other operating expenses. 
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Should Louisiana end Entergy’s monopoly?

Like other investor-owned utilities, Entergy Louisiana is a for-profit monopoly. No matter how upset their customers get, they can’t take their business elsewhere. 

More than half of small business owners say they sacrifice salary at times

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of small business owners say they have at some point not...

Smalls Sliders gets capital investment as it prepares to expand franchising 

Smalls Sliders today announced it has secured an equity investment from 10 Point Capital, a firm that specializes in franchising.   

South EBR, Burbank could be new nexus of commercial development

As Baton Rouge continues to spread south, land that might otherwise have been considered too expensive to develop might begin to look more appealing. 
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