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How to stop chronic complaining in your office
Everyone complains at work every now and then. It’s natural, and it can even be cathartic to work out a little stress. But everyone...
Business Lunch: Creole Cabana
The brainchild of Sammy’s Restaurant Management Group, Creole Cabana is a new concept that blends Creole and Caribbean cuisines in a breezy setting that...
Natural gas powering the Louisiana energy industry
Fueled by the continued shale revolution and surging global energy demand, U.S. oil and gas production in 2018 posted the largest annual increases ever...
Entrepreneur: Renita Williams Thomas
BABY STEPS
Renita Williams Thomas always wanted to change the life of children. Feeling called to pursue a career in pediatrics, she returned to college...
Executive Spotlight: Tyler Gray
Position: President and general counsel
Company: Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Age: 37
Family: Wife, Sarah, and two children: Hutson (3) and Ella (2)
Hometown: Falls Church, Virginia
Education:...
JR Ball: Brother, can you spare $2 million for poor Baton Rouge?
The outrage was almost immediate. Baton Rouge and its city-parish government, with an annual budget just shy of $1 billion, can’t find a spare...
Riegel: Making sense of the MovEBR management contracts
I am still struggling to understand how the city-parish and its two program management teams of 16 engineering and consulting firms—that’s right, 16—will efficiently...
Publisher: Take a single step forward on Florida Boulevard
It was sad reading our recent cover story (“No man’s land,” May 21) on the demise of Florida Boulevard. I participated with the Regional/Urban...
For Sean and Kevin Reilly, buying Eatel was a family matter
In mid-October, an article appeared in a premium-membership edition of The Wall Street Journal, breaking the news that a Louisiana telecommunications company might soon...
Baton Rouge banks ride the consolidation wave
When MidSouth Bank announced at the end of April it was merging into Hancock Whitney in a stock-for-stock transaction, few in Baton Rouge’s banking...
Design: Ochsner Medical Complex-The Grove
Owner: Ochsner Health System
Architect: GraceHebert Architects
Contractor: The Lemoine Company
Cost: $116 million
Completed: May 31, 2019
Use: Medical office building and surgical hospital with optimal patient rooms
Location: 10310 The...
Louisiana in middle of U.S. data breach pack
Nearly two-thirds of American adults report having been personally caught up in a major data breach, and more than 40% have dealt with fraudulent...
If not tort reform, what’s the Louisiana solution to high auto insurance rates?
If state leaders want to score an election-year win with both the public and the business community, they would find a way to lower...
Baton Rouge residential market off to promising start
The Capital Region residential market is off to a relatively promising start in 2019, year-to-date figures through April show. Though home total sales in...
Why employee training is vital
Think of everyone who’s currently on your company’s payroll and consider this: At least one in every three of them doesn’t believe your company...
Entrepreneur: ‘Cajun’ Dan Abraham
MILD BEGINNINGS
Having started multiple businesses over the years in a variety of industries—including insurance, restaurants, couponing, and marketing and home restoration—“Cajun” Dan Abraham considers...
Executive Spotlight: Robert Wise
Position: Owner and CEO
Company: ITinspired
Age: 39
Family: Wife, Michelle, and two children: Myra (5) and William (4)
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Education: Bachelor's degree from LSU, major in...
JR Ball: Baton Rouge keeps wasting its enormous potential
As someone who grew up somewhere other than here, it’s forever amazing to me how Baton Rouge—a natural resource rich capital city with the...
Riegel: One small step for a north Baton Rouge community
In a recent column, I questioned why Louisiana, in general, and Baton Rouge, in particular, are so mired in the problems of the past...
Publisher: Dealing with change and neighborhoods
You may have read about the battle brewing in cities, including here in Spanish Town, over regulations relating to Airbnb. While this concept of...
