Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana announces new brand strategy

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana on Monday introduced Louisiana Blue, a new brand that CEO Bryan Camerlinck says is aimed at conveying...

BRAC to host mayoral candidate forum

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced Monday that it will host an East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral candidate forum next month. WBRZ-TV will moderate and...

H&E Rentals launches a new mental health resource for companies

H&E Rentals has launched a Mental Health and Hope training module for its own employees as well for other equipment industry companies.  The training was...

Rezoned lot at the corner of Jefferson and Bluebonnet sells

A 1.45-acre lot at the corner of Jefferson Highway and Bluebonnet Road that was rezoned to accommodate a medical office building has sold for...

Buzbe just purchased this building to serve as its Baton Rouge headquarters

Modular tackle box manufacturer Buzbe has purchased a building that will serve as its Baton Rouge headquarters. The company purchased an 8,800-square-foot building on Opportunity...

The Navy is giving this LSU partnership a $10M contract for research

LSU and South Carolina-based Integer Technologies announced on Tuesday that the Office of Naval Research awarded their team a $9.8 million contract to develop...

What we know about the planned Livingston Parish airport

Plans to break ground on the Livingston Parish airport project have been delayed several months. Delia Taylor, chair of the Livingston Parish Airport District, told...
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This company just bought Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux’s former headquarters

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux has sold the building on Burbank Drive that was formerly its headquarters, just five months after the company announced plans to...

How one local grocery store is coping with its chicken salad fame 

Since reality TV star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel did a taste test of Calvin Bocage Market’s chicken salad on TikTok, sales have tripled for...

Baton Rouge engineering firm names a new president

Baton Rouge-based civil engineering and land surveying firm SJB Group announced Phillip Zimmerman as its new president. Zimmerman has over 35 years of professional engineering,...

See how much EBR sales tax collections rose in May

February East Baton Rouge Parish General 2% Sales and Use Tax by Holly Duchmann

What the new EBR school superintendent says is the district’s biggest challenge

Newly appointed East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent LaMont Cole says early childhood education is a significant challenge for the school system. Cole and School Board...

The FUEL partnership has named an executive director

Energy innovation expert Michael Mazzola has been tapped to serve as executive director of the massive LSU-led FUEL partnership, the university announced on Monday. For...

See how New Schools for Baton Rouge LEAP scores stack up

Louisiana’s newly released 2024 LEAP scores show that charter schools supported by New Schools for Baton Rouge outperformed East Baton Rouge district-run open enrollment...

LaMont Cole: ‘I want to change the narrative’

LaMont Cole’s initial priorities in his new role as East Baton Rouge Parish Schools superintendent include ensuring that students are safe and that educators...

Recovery center purchases former Cenikor facility for $15M

Avenues Recovery Center purchased the former Cenikor drug rehab facility on Bunker Hill Drive on Wednesday for $15 million, according to records filed with...

A recent million-dollar real estate purchase is crucial to FranU’s master plan

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University’s recent purchase of property on Brittany Drive near the newly built St. Francis Hall is the start of...

Ochsner launches the Louisiana Innovation Fund to help health care entrepreneurs

Ochsner Ventures announced on Wednesday the creation of the Ochsner Louisiana Innovation Fund, a $10 million fund for investments in early-stage, innovative health and...

These two homebuilders just purchased dozens of lots in separate developments

A pair of homebuilders recently purchased a combined 67 lots in separate residential developments, according to documents filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish...

Baton Rouge saw strong job growth in June

The Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area added 1,300 jobs from May to June to bring its total to 426,200, according to the Louisiana Workforce...