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Roundup: Rep. Cleo Fields / Art auctions / Summer heat wave
Big Beautiful Bill: U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday. He...
An Airline Highway site is getting a commercial warehouse makeover
A former self-storage facility on Airline Highway is coming down to make way for something new: rentable commercial warehouse space.
Daisy Hill Airline LLC, represented...
Banks are favoring big spenders as credit tightensÂ
Banks are getting choosier about who gets a credit card, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
New data from major lenders shows credit-card approvals fell 5%...
There’s a new task force to tackle NIL policy challenges
Louisiana is stepping into the national NIL debate with a new legislative task force aimed at untangling the complexities of athlete compensation, Louisiana Illuminator...
Temple rebukes Landry’s claim of an insurance reform win
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is pushing back against Gov. Jeff Landry’s claims of a major insurance reform win, The Center Square writes.Â
While Landry...
Roundup: American Airlines / Manufactured goods / Research cutsÂ
Short of expectations: American Airlines shares slumped close to 10% Thursday after the carrier’s third-quarter profit forecast fell short of Wall Street’s expectations and...
A Gonzales industrial portfolio sells for $3.1M
A portfolio of three industrial buildings along Highway 30 in Gonzales has been sold to Baton Rouge-based Pinnacle Warehousing LLC for $3.1 million, according...
Roundup: Trump’s AI policy / French Quarter trash / UnitedHealth Group
The American standard: The Trump administration’s new AI policy blueprint seeks to make American technology the standard for artificial intelligence globally by making it...
Construction firms dominate Capital Region’s private sector growth
Capital Region private companies are powering ahead—and the numbers speak for themselves.Â
According to Business Report’s 2025 Top 100 Private Companies list, local businesses collectively...
BTR has added these flights for LSU football games this season
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has announced the addition of nonstop flights from Baton Rouge for four LSU games this season. The flight will be...
Burst of builder incentives fails to spur a turnaround in US new home sales
New home sales in the U.S. remained sluggish in June despite builders offering aggressive incentives to counter high prices and borrowing costs, Bloomberg reports.Â
Sales...
Mortgage rates dip slightly but borrowing costs remain elevated
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased this week, but offering little relief for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices.
The long-term rate...
Ochsner Medical Center: Investing in a healthier Baton Rouge
In 1942, Alton Ochsner led a group of five New Orleans physicians in forming Ochsner Clinic. More than 80 years later, Ochsner Health is...
How to create a workplace that benefits both young and older workers
Creating workspaces built for an aging workforce stands to benefit companies, as the number of workers age 65 and older in the U.S. continues...
Here’s what Louisiana collected in severance taxes during Q2 of this year
Louisiana collected more than $81 million in severance taxes during the quarter ending June 30, with oil and gas revenues nearly evenly split, The...
Hospital specializing in surgical care for breast cancer opens in Baton Rouge
A hospital specializing in complex breast cancer and reconstructive surgery has opened in Baton Rouge.
Construction of the approximately 43,000-square-foot ReCenter Hospital, located on Mourning...
What the latest jobless claims numbers say about the national job market
The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April.
The Labor Department reported Thursday...
Roundup: Rail merger talks / Chemical plants / Business activity
Coast to coast: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern acknowledged Thursday that they were in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with...
How small businesses can better use AI
AI may be hailed as the ultimate productivity tool, but for many small and midsize businesses, that promise has not been delivered, Fast Company...
Roundup: Cost of chocolate / Home rentals / Chevron layoffs
Hershey raising prices: Hershey, the maker of Reese’s, Whoppers, barkThins and other chocolate candies, said Wednesday that it will raise U.S. retail prices later...
