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Gatorworks: 2020 Baton Rouge Company of the Year
Power of persistence: Founded as a high school venture, Gatorworks, the Company of the Year with fewer than 100 employees, has matured into a successful website design and digital marketing company.
CC’s Coffee House: 2020 Baton Rouge Company of the Year
Solid grounds: CC’s Coffee House, the Company of the Year with 100 or more employees, is brewing up a stand-alone south Louisiana niche of its own.
Riegel: What rankings really tell us about the Baton Rouge economy
Recent rankings that have the Baton Rouge job market dropping 107 spaces basically tells us we're wedded to the health of the petrochemical industry.
Alford: Democrats have a legislative agenda, too
Much has been made in the mainstream media about the supermajority Republicans hold in the Louisiana Senate and the near supermajority they enjoy in...
JR Ball: St. George saga heads back to the Louisiana Legislature
St. George proponents claim what happens in the Louisiana Legislature this spring is more important than what happens in a Baton Rouge courtroom, but attorney Mary Olive Pearson says the issue of incorporation will ultimately be decided. by the state Supreme Court.
Alford: The Legislature’s need for speed
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder is quite the gearhead, having worked as a certified mechanic before managing and then eventually owning his own garage in...
Alford: The evolution of Louisiana’s budget politics
From 1992 to 2007, during the administrations of former Govs. Edwin Edwards, Mike Foster and Kathleen Blanco, the politics behind the state budget process...
Entrepreneur: Taylor Jacobsen
Entrepreneur: Taylor Jacobsen is the owner and founder of Urban Cavas Studio, a Baton Rouge firm specializing in urban art installations.
Baton Rouge’s top 10 commercial real estate deals of 2019
Multifamily developments once again topped the list of Baton Rouge's priciest commercial real estate deals in 2019, occupying six of the spots.
Business Lunch: Stroubes Seafood and Steaks
Business Lunch: Stroubes Seafood and Steaks, at 107 Third Street, offers fine dining and daily lunch specials in the heart of downtown.
JR Ball: The trouble with democracy in Baton Rouge
JR Ball: Democracy was never meant to be easy, but the brand of it on display in Baton Rouge is especially messy at the moment.
Riegel: Let sun shine on public procurement contract deals
Riegel: In Louisiana, there always seems to be questions about the awarding of government contracts; is that normal ... or the Louisiana way?
Publisher: Put young talent at the Baton Rouge power table
If Baton Rouge is going to grow and evolve in a fast-changing world, then it needs to get more young people in positions of authority and influence.
Four Baton Rouge homebuyers who tried to fool us … and failed
Homebuyers continue the trend of trying to hide their high-end purchases from public view and real estate agents say it impacts the Baton Rouge market.
Baton Rouge’s 10 most expensive home sales of 2019
The Baton Rouge high-end home market had a good yeart in 2019, according to agents who market the area's priciest residential real estate.
Check out what $14 million (asking) gets you in Baton Rouge
The 12.5-acre estate at 11001 Highland Road built in the early 2000s by Paula Pennington de la Bretonne is back on the real estate market—for $14 million.
A change in the leadership direction of LSU?
Though no one on the LSU board is talking specifics, there’s plenty of speculation over replacing the departing F. King Alexander. The question: Is it thoughtful consideration or politics?
Plastics is the word for Baton Rouge’s petrochemical plants
The demand for new technology is making Baton Rouge and its petrochemical plants ground zero for surging export demand in the plastics market.
Eclipsed: ‘Net metering’ change dims light on solar industry
‘Net metering’ changes by the Public Service Commission has dealt a blow to the industry, but solar proponents say Louisiana must think bigger.
3 things to know: Kodi Guillory
3 things to know: Kodi Guillory is the president of Sustainable Design Solutions, a Baton Rouge-based civil engineering firm
