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Baton Rouge-based startup Speedy Eats is laying the groundwork to create the first fully-automated restaurant in the city,

All good things must come to an end. That's how the co-founders of San Francisco-based software company Lattice, Jack Altman and Eric Koslow, view employee retention. 

Once upon a time, before 24-hour news cycles and infinite streaming and social media,...

Oil prices topped $120 a barrel in choppy trade this morning buoyed by Saudi Arabia raising its July crude prices

About 1.4% of the homes in the Baton Rouge metro area are vacant, which tracks closely with the national average of 1.3%, according to a real estate data firm. 

Louisiana was ranked the fifth-worst state for LGBTQ+ people this week by Out Leadership, a B corporation that works to promote equality and inclusion in business. 

A bill ending the free ride for electric and hybrid vehicle owners—who don’t pay gas taxes at the same rate as other drivers—on Louisiana roads won final passage in the Legislature on Sunday, setting the stage for the first road use fees in the state.

East Baton Rouge Parish collected 14.24% more in sales and use taxes through March compared to the same period last year, according to the latest report from city-parish government.

A new Mississippi River bridge might bring new businesses and residents to Iberville Parish, though there’s work to be done to get ready for that possibility. 

Baton Rouge-based Focus Foods is continuing to make moves, today announcing it has entered into a meal service contract with Baton Rouge Community College