Here are the three finalists for BREC superintendent

BREC has identified three finalists for its next superintendent following a national search. The finalists are Brooks Williams, city manager and CEO of the city...

Cleo Fields urges voters to cast full ballots despite paused House races

As state officials move to suspend Louisiana’s congressional primaries, U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, is urging voters to cast full ballots anyway. Speaking Monday...

Design: Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Cost: N/A Architect: WHLC Architecture + CI Group Contractor: Wampold Companies Completed: October The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has relocated to I Rivermark Centre, a mixed-use complex...

Tax district proposal for north Baton Rouge grocery project heads to Senate

A bill establishing a tax district to support the planned $50 million grocery-anchored retail development in the Howell Place mixed-use community is heading to...

Proposed bill would require in-state spending in economic development deals

A bill moving through the Legislature would add a new in-state spending requirement to a key economic development tool widely used in Louisiana dealmaking. House...

LSU President Wade Rousse has a private sector playbook, a 4 a.m. alarm and...

When Wade Rousse took over as president of the LSU System late last year, he inherited a sprawling, eight-campus enterprise at a time when...

Influential Women in Business: Meredith Eicher

As an executive business coach, Meredith Eicher is not prone to sugarcoating the truth. Read Meredith Eicher's insights in Voices of Influence. “I’ll shove you in...

Influential Women in Business: Rebecca Evans Mouk

Growing up in White Castle, Rebecca Evans Mouk was surrounded by business owners. Her father operated the family sugarcane farm. Her grandfather, an electrical...

Voices of Influence: Rebecca Evans Mouk

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Voices of Influence: Terri Hicks

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Terri Hicks

During her years working in health care administration roles in northeast Louisiana, Terri Hicks heard a lot of positive things about The Spine Hospital...

Influential Women in Business: Jill Kidder

Jill Kidder didn’t plan on a career in hospitality. She was intent on law school. But a temporary job in the hotel industry changed...

Voices of Influence: Jill Kidder

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Adonica Pelichet Duggan

Adonica Pelichet Duggan comes from a family of educators and she thinks often about the generations that shaped her path. Her grandfather couldn’t read...

Voices of Influence: Adonica Pelichet Duggan

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Voices of Influence: Danielle Mack

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Dr. Gunjan Raina

When Dr. Gunjan Raina knocks on an exam room door, she’s not just entering as a physician. She’s stepping in as something closer to...

Voices of Influence: Dr. Gunjan Raina

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...

Influential Women in Business: Melissa Thompson

It’s an unusual superpower and one anchored in the purpose-driven culture of millennials, but Melissa Thompson has a knack for converting someone’s story into...

Voices of Influence: Melissa Thompson

Ask a room full of accomplished women what success looks like, and you’ll get a room full of different answers. That’s kind of the...