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How bosses can get remote workers back in the office

The office is just a distant memory for some, a place where work was conducted in 2019 before the workforce headed home due to the pandemic. 

Fred’s expanding with plans for beer garden 

Fred’s Bar and Grill is planning a massive expansion: a  30,000-square-foot, three-level beer garden in the parking lot of the iconic Tigerland watering hole, owner Mark Fraoli confirms.

Lawmakers looking to redraw ‘out-of-balance’ Louisiana Supreme Court map

Louisiana lawmakers are trying to wade into a political thicket they haven't braved in nearly 25 years: the redrawing of maps setting the state's Supreme Court districts.

State launches ‘transfer pricing’ program to reduce tax uncertainty for businesses 

Corporations that sell goods and services between their own subsidiaries may benefit from a new state program to resolve taxation disputes. 

Emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales under increased scrutiny 

Oil and gas lease sales—one of the tent poles propping up Louisiana’s economy—are again under scrutiny from the Biden administration.

Year-over-year city-parish sales and use tax collections climb nearly 10%

For the city and parish combined, recurring city-parish sales and use tax collections totaled $17.84 million in August, a 9.9% increase over the same month last year.
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L’Auberge opening sports betting facility Monday 

L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge today announced plans to open its sports betting facility Monday after receiving its license from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. 

Global supply chain gridlock largely result of chassis shortage 

Transportation executives trying to manage the supply chain gridlock that’s frustrating U.S. businesses say the ability to clear the bottlenecks rests largely on a simple piece of steel and wheels that has long been an afterthought in global shipping, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

From Greek to Vietnamese: A guide to international coffees in Baton Rouge

Where to seek out coffee's many different international preparations right here in Baton Rouge

Pennington part of team studying ‘long COVID’

One of the major side effects of COVID-19, long COVID, can leave a person sick long after they recover from the virus itself.Â