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GolfSuites opening in May on Siegen Lane as Topgolf competitor

GolfSuites, a high-tech driving range, will open May 10 on Siegen Lane in the former Caddyshack Driving Range space.

Baton Rouge lags in hot housing market report 

Less expensive cities with strong local economies climbed The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index in the first quarter of this year, another sign that many homebuyers are giving priority to affordability.

Shuttered Bluffs golf course in talks with potential new owner

The Bluff’s on Thompson Creek golf course in West Feliciana Parish, which abruptly closed last year, has prospective new ownership, WBRZ-TV reports. 

What business leaders can learn from how lawyers operate 

There’s a trope that lawyers make poor businesspeople. Risk-averse. Narrow. Gradual. Some studies lend...

ITEP constitutional amendment scheduled for Senate vote today

The Louisiana Senate today will take up a proposal to put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would require local approval and job creation or retention when granting property tax exemptions for manufacturing projects. 

LSU Survey: Main barrier to broadband internet is cost

In the fifth installment of the 2022 Louisiana Survey, released Tuesday, residents say the most common barrier to having broadband internet is the cost of the service.
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Local health insurance agency buys Goodwood office building for $1.9M

Insure Health LLC, a Baton Rouge-based health insurance agency whose subsidiary is Pride Life LLC, bought the Alpha Building on Goodwood Boulevard for $1.9 million on Tuesday.

Why US oil companies aren’t rushing to increase production 

Yet most U.S. oil businesses are not eager to capitalize on this moment by pumping more oil, The New York Times reports.  

City-parish sees 19% jump in year-over February sales and use tax collections

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled roughly...

Proposal could unclog shortage of Louisiana plumbers

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that would give full statewide licensure to plumbers currently restricted to working in a certain parish or local jurisdiction.Â