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Entrepreneur: Lori Tucker-Day

Entrepreneur: Lori Tucker-Day is the founder of Baton Bougie House Party, a luxury sleepover, glamping, and event planning and rental company.

Supreme Court appears skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical today of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers.

Zen-Jus health food store brings organic meals to Zachary 

The number of businesses purveying healthy foods and drinks in Baton Rouge is on...

Here we go again … now it’s omicron

Cases of the omicron variant are surging in Baton Rouge and across Louisiana, sparking concern for overworked health care professions and worry about its economic impact.

CATS fires chief administrative officer 

The Capital Area Transit System parted ways with Chief Administrative Officer Pearlina Thomas in a brief, three-sentence letter this week, WBRZ-TV reports. 

How companies are changing their shipping to ease supply chain issues

The pandemic created a global supply chain backlog that has lasted for months, but some companies are beginning to find long-term solutions to get products to customers faster.
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Suburban Baton Rouge office-to-apartment conversions not likely

While the trend of converting offices to apartments is spreading outside of downtown business districts in other markets, that isn’t happening in Baton Rouge.

Local Supply opening in Electric Depot 

Meredith Waguespack—owner of the 9-year-old lifestyle T-shirt brand Sweet Baton Rouge—is expanding her brand with a new shop at Electric Depot in Mid City.  

Supreme Court weighs vaccine rules affecting more than 80 million 

The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. 

Southern president-chancellor finalists include in-state university leaders

 Southern University this week announced the five semi-finalist candidates for the next president-chancellor of...