Planning approval sought for multifamily development near West Lee Drive

The Planning Commission on Monday will consider a rezoning request to accommodate a multifamily residential development on Etta Street near West Lee and Nicholson...

How the Greater Baton Rouge residential market performed in February

Greater Baton Rouge's housing market posted a mixed but generally steady performance in February, with higher sales activity and rising prices offset by a...

New filings detail McGlinchey Stafford’s finances before bankruptcy

Documents filed Thursday in McGlinchey Stafford’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy case provide new details on the once-prominent law firm’s recent finances. Bankruptcy schedules filed Thursday show...

Could Rapides Parish be home to Louisiana’s next big data center project?

Public records and local economic development activity suggest that Applied Digital, a digital infrastructure developer based in Dallas, is positioning a site in Rapides...

New director tapped for LSU’s FOODii program

Amogh Ambardekar has been selected as the new director of LSU’s FOODii incubator. That’s according to Achyut Adhikari, FOODii’s interim director, who tells Daily Report...

LSU rolls out training programs to meet ‘critical’ construction workforce need

LSU Online on Monday announced it is partnering with the National Center for Construction Education and Research, or NCCER, to expand its professional development...

Local investor buys multiple Government Street properties for redevelopment

Local businessperson Matthew Newman has purchased several properties along Government Street in a roughly $1 million investment aimed at bringing a new retail concept...

Brian Kelly sells lakefront home to Texas couple

The LSU lakes home owned by former LSU football coach Brian Kelly has been sold, with the transaction closing last week. Ian and Jane Angel,...

What are LABI’s priorities for the 2026 legislative session?

With Louisiana lawmakers set to convene Monday to kick off the state’s 2026 regular legislative session, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is...

Policy uncertainty dominates the Gulf Coast’s energy outlook

Policy uncertainty is now the dominant concern shaping energy investment decisions along the Gulf Coast, outweighing commodity prices, supply or demand. That’s according to Greg...

Meet the thinkers, builders and risk-takers whose ideas have reshaped business—and beyond

The Business Awards & Hall of Fame recognize more than success. They honor the changemakers—people who saw a need, challenged the status quo and...

Gov. Landry announces $140M in FastSites investments

Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday announced the first phase of a new economic development initiative aimed at strengthening Louisiana’s ability to compete for major...

The energy transition moves fast. LSU wants to help communities keep up

As new emerging energy projects are proposed across the Southeast, local leaders are being asked to make quick decisions about technologies they often have...

City-parish says it cut ties with HealthyBR over a year ago

HealthyBR, the Baton Rouge health initiative facing mounting scrutiny over its financial controls and use of public funds, was dissolved as an initiative of...

Worried AI might take your job? You’re not alone

For much of the general public, it wasn’t long ago that artificial intelligence was considered a vague and distant threat, something reserved for sci-fi...

Louisiana Farm Bureau is demutualizing. Here’s what to know

Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. members have voted overwhelmingly to approve the insurer’s conversion from a mutual insurance company into a stock insurance...

Lipsey’s is building a new corporate headquarters and distribution center

Lipsey's, a Baton Rouge-based sporting goods wholesaler, will begin construction in April on a new 265,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and distribution center on Highland Road,...

Zaxbys closes three restaurants in the Capital Region

Zaxbys, the Athens, Georgia-based restaurant chain known for chicken fingers and wings, closed three Capital Region locations earlier this month, leaving one remaining restaurant...

The latest on Louisiana’s evolving medical marijuana program

Louisiana's medical marijuana program has matured into a model, marked by steady patient growth, falling prices and tight regulatory oversight, according to John Davis,...

Louisiana’s economic outlook is improving, but workforce remains a concern

Louisiana is gaining economic momentum after years of lagging its Southern peers, according to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s newly released annual...