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Is COVID, hurricanes enough reason for companies to miss ITEP requirements?

Manufacturing companies that utilize Louisiana’s Industrial Property Tax Exemption Program but don’t hit their employment and payroll targets will be asked to justify keeping their exemptions. 

The future of workplace flexibility   

What does true flexibility at work look like? Most organizations approach it in one...

An office cat, paid time off for service among perks at Baton Rouge’s Best Places to Work

Executives at six of the 60 Baton Rouge-area companies honored at Tuesday morning’s Best Places to Work Breakfast shared how they keep employees engaged, even when working from home, how they deal with the challenges facing the local business community and how they give back to Baton Rouge.

Sen. John Kennedy draws former Navy pilot as Democratic challenger

A commercial airline pilot and military veteran announced Tuesday that he'll try to unseat U.S. Sen. John Kennedy in Louisiana's 2022 election.

Alford: Should state move nonpresidential elections out of hurricane season? 

If you ask Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin what his office is working on,...

OLOL, Mary Bird Perkins split apart over issues surrounding long-term growth

Planning for the new Our Lady of the Lake cancer institute has been in the works, at least in broad terms, for months.
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Film and TV union votes to authorize strike

Almost every voting member of the union that represents people who work behind the scenes in film and television in Louisiana has joined their colleagues across the country in authorizing a nationwide strike, a representative of the local chapter says. 

Carvana applying to build Baton Rouge location, its first in Louisiana 

Online car seller Carvana submitted a rezoning request with the Baton Rouge Planning and Zoning Commission last week to build its first Louisiana location, on Reiger Road.

News alert: OLOL announces plans for $100M cancer institute

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is investing $100 million to establish a new regional cancer center that will be branded as the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute.

Nexus’ PitchBR competition returns in November 

Nexus Louisiana’s PitchBR is coming back in November after a pandemic hiatus and is seeking entrepreneurs and business owners to pitch ideas at the first PitchBR event.Â