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LSU hires Murray State’s Matt McMahon as men’s basketball coach

LSU basketball is hiring Murray State's Matt McMahon as its next coach, USA Today Network reports. 

Oil companies put more rigs back to work, but output increases little 

American frackers are raising the number of drilling rigs in oil fields by more...

Rescued Revisions antique shop moves into in larger Denham Springs location

Barely into his 20s, Rivers Dupree is already expanding his antique store, Rescued Revisions, into a new, larger Denham Springs location. And he’s not done yet.

Roundup: Medical debt / SEC announcement / Angola rodeo 

Credit reports: The three major credit bureaus say nearly 70% of paid medical debt,...

Former gas station on Highland and Lee sells 

A Baton Rouge-based LLC bought the former Circle K store on the corner of Highland Road and Lee Drive for $1.2 million in a land deal filed Friday with the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court’s Office.

Baton Rouge riverboat casino revenues up 33% from February 2021

With fewer COVID-19 restrictions and the Super Bowl-infused popularity of sports betting, Baton Rouge’s three riverboat casinos saw revenues increase by more than $5 million, or more than 33%, in February, compared to a year ago.
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Visit Baton Rouge reevaluates marketing plans amidst high gas prices

Visit Baton Rouge is monitoring gasoline prices and other travel-associated costs and may focus its marketing on the in-state and immediate drive-in market in response, President and CEO Paul Arrigo says. 

More student-entrepreneurs are operating like SPACs 

Plenty of MBAs finish business school with a hot startup pitch for investors, but...

Amid growing uncertainties, company’s future readiness becomes key

The wildly swinging economic factors of the past two years revealed which American businesses were ready for the kind of upending changes the future could bring, and which were not. 

Baton Rouge airport seeing surge of travelers as spring approaches

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is seeing a surge in travelers as COVID-19 numbers drop and spring and summer vacations begin.