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DEQ using drone technology to monitor the Louisiana skies
Jason Smith has flown more than 60 missions with a single drone since the 2017 creation of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s Unmanned Aircraft...
Developing Louisiana talent key to Regents’ Master Plan update
Within the next 20 years, expect college—and high school—as we know it in Louisiana to look significantly different.
Specifically, the way in which students move from...
Industry battling over state appointments and river pilot fees
Even as alleged improprieties in the selection of its at-large commissioners are hashed out in 19th Judicial District Court, industry representatives on the Louisiana Pilotage...
Entrepreneur: Jeff Herman
SWEET EPIPHANY
A Sunday morning sweet tooth in 2011 turned Jeff Herman from an aspiring entrepreneur into a purveyor of some of Baton Rouge’s most...
Executive Spotlight: Brian Nizzo
Position: Vice president-Chief lending officer
Company: First American Bank
Age: 35
Family: Wife, Brittney, and two daughters: Caroline, 9, and Lucy, 4
Hometown: Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Education: Marketing and banking degrees from...
JR Ball: Baton Rouge just fine with sexual harassment
Harvey Weinstein would be right at home in Baton Rouge.
Why wouldn’t the man who can’t keep his hands to himself not love a place...
Stung! How a taxpayer-funded mosquito abatement facility nearly doubles in price
After years of rubber-stamping escalating spending requests, the Metro Council is now wondering how the cost of a planned $6.5 million mosquito abatement facility...
Riegel: Why we remain so unfriendly to pedestrians
Baton Rouge recently made another one of those dubious lists that highlights the bad things about places. This one, titled “Deadly by Design” and...
Who is Gary Beard and how does he keep landing public contracts?
In his nearly 40-year career, Gary Beard has found work as an engineer, a legislator, a failed candidate for statewide office and an inventor—according...
Publisher: Louisiana faced with the future—again
Brian Solis is an author, digital analyst and futurist. He travels the globe and sees the evidence of disruption daily—and what lies ahead. He...
How to plan your 2019 taxes after Trump overhaul
President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul brought with it many changes that will affect the way Baton Rougeans do business, take out deductions and...
The workday quest for a phoneless phone booth
Morgan Kastner was halfway through filing her end-of-the-quarter marketing reports when she got up from her low-partitioned workstation to schedule a doctor’s appointment.
Kastner, marketing...
Watershed management critical as Baton Rouge tries to stay dry
(Editor's Note: This story has been revised from an earlier version to include an updated figure on the expected size of the program management...
Will ITEP debate hurt Baton Rouge economy?
Unpredictable. Inconsistent. Anti-business.
These words, or some variation of them, have dominated discussion among the business community lately, describing the current Baton Rouge environment surrounding...
3 ways to make your marketing more effective
When it comes to marketing, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when trying to keep up with all of the latest trends, opportunities and hype....
Business Lunch: BRQ Seafood and Barbeque
Specializing in competition barbeque and Gulf seafood, BRQ turns out about 2,000 pounds each of brisket and pork from its onsite smokers every week....
Entrepreneur: Clyde Bass
GOING ELECTRIC
Clyde Bass has been lighting up restaurants, movie sets and businesses in the Baton Rouge area for nearly a decade. As the owner...
Executive Spotlight: Trey Beall
Position: President
Company: Gulf Coast Office Products
Age: 52
Family: Wife, Shelly, and two daughters, Brianna and Londyn
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Education: Bachelor's degree from LSU (general studies major, psychology minor)
In...
JR Ball: The real ITEP problem
Go ahead, blame Gov. John Bel Edwards for creating the mess that’s become of the Industrial Tax Exemption Program. Scream whatever obscenities you like...
Riegel: The Louisiana way of doing business
I was in Mobile, Alabama, earlier this month, when the state’s first Buc-ee’s—indeed, the first Buc-ee’s outside of the convenience store chain’s home state...
