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P&N to run state’s small business grant program, which will launch by July 28
The state’s new Main Street Recovery Program, which will dole out up to $15,000 to small businesses to help them recoup expenses related to...
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome mandates face coverings inside businesses
In response to rising cases of the novel coronavirus in East Baton Rouge Parish, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced this afternoon that she intends...
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• U.S. companies added nearly 2.4 million jobs in June, according to a private survey, a large gain that still leaves total employment far...
BRAC’s latest COVID-19 economic indicator finds lagging small business revenue
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines and assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...
Baton Rouge CPAs brace for July 15 tax deadline amid ‘marathon’ tax season
With Tax Day coming up July 15, local accounting firms—many of which took advantage of the extended deadline to file their clients’ 2019 income...
Are people out shopping? Local retailers report mixed results
More than two weeks into phase two of the state’s reopening, local retailers report mixed results as to the volume of business they’ve been...
Hundreds of tips, many fake, flood city’s business COVID-19 compliance portal
The city-parish has received only a handful of phone calls so far on its new tip line intended to alert authorities to businesses that...
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• Three New Orleans Pelicans players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Pelicans Executive Vice President David Griffin. The players were tested last...
Baton Rouge restaurants, bars dealing with spike in COVID-19 cases
Recent news of a spike in COVID-19 cases among LSU students has created a stir among Baton Rouge bars and restaurants. The wave of...
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• The Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health is implementing a new 24-hour pre-crisis phone line as one of its strategies to support the emotional...
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• The state health department says nearly half of new coronavirus cases reported Monday in Louisiana were contracted by people under the age of...
Report: Pandemic exacerbates housing crisis, especially in Louisiana
Some 7 million households nationwide—including more than 20,000 in East Baton Rouge Parish—could face eviction when federal assistance runs out at the end of...
With 3 of its 4 restaurants closed for now, Juban’s Restaurant Group ponders cloudy...
With the closure over the weekend of Beausoleil—a shutdown that is billed as temporary, at least for now—three of the four restaurants in the...
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• Louisiana is struggling with critical tracking work needed to combat the worsening spread of the coronavirus. Contact tracers face unanswered calls, privacy concerns...
Launch date for Main Street Recovery Program to be announced soon
Local small businesses unable to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan program will have another option for their...
Baton Rouge gyms see slowdown in workouts, increased membership
After being shuttered in the spring, Baton Rouge-area gyms are seeing steady, albeit slower, business than before the COVID-19-related closures.
Johnny Blount, owner of Geaux...
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• In the first public meeting of the White House Task Force on COVID-19 since late April, several administration officials said the rising number...
Broome launches platform for reporting businesses not following COVID-19 guidelines
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome held a news conference this morning to discuss COVID-19 in East Baton Rouge Parish and announced a way for residents...
Governor: State to give businesses ‘courtesy visits’ to enforce phase two compliance
Louisiana officials will begin doing “courtesy visits” to restaurants, bars and other businesses in an attempt to proactively enforce compliance with the state’s phase...
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• The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 today—eclipsing the mark set during...
