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

July 4th travel surpasses 2019 pre-pandemic levels 

The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.

Baton Rouge General operations disrupted by cyberattack 

Baton Rouge General personnel were forced to do medical charting by hand this week rather than through the hospital system’s online medical records system

LSU drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate 

LSU sent out notes to students for the upcoming fall semester indicating that being vaccinated for COVID-19

Here’s what’s happening around Baton Rouge this Fourth of July weekend 

225 magazine has compiled a list of things to do around Baton Rouge this...

Phelps Dunbar lands McGlinchey Stafford office managing partner

In a rare move for the Baton Rouge legal market, managing member Drew Patty is leaving his patents and intellectual property practice at McGlinchey Stafford to take up a position at Phelps Dunbar.  

Owners plan $1M in renovations to historic building for new Murphy’s Bar

Mattress Direct owner Ty Hingle has fond memories of the original Murphy’s on West State Street.
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Growing number of high-profile entrepreneurs giving up CEO titles 

Ryan Williams announced late last week that he will step down as CEO of...

iPhone creators didn’t realize extent to which it would alter communication 

While on vacation in Hawaii with his family in 2011, Tony Fadell couldn’t get...

‘LaPolitics’: Secretaries of state headed to Baton Rouge

For the first time since Fox McKeithen was secretary of state (he served from 1988 to 2005), the National Association of Secretaries of State will hold one of its conferences in Louisiana.

Louisiana Travel Association president to lead Visit Baton Rouge

Jill Kidder, currently president and CEO of the Louisiana Travel Association, will be the next leader of Visit Baton Rouge. 
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