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Baton Rouge tourism had a $1.3B impact in 2025
Tourism in the Capital City generated $1.3 billion spent by visitors in 2025, supported more than 42,200 jobs and drew 9.4 million visitors to...
Cook Out to enter Baton Rouge market by taking over stalled Starbucks site
North Carolina-based restaurant chain Cook Out plans to enter the Louisiana market, with its first location in the Capital Region.
Cook Out purchased the roughly...
LSU lands $1M grant from Google to train cyber workforce
LSU's Cybersecurity Clinic will expand its free education and evaluation services to industry and government clients across Louisiana after receiving a $1 million grant...
Boomerang Comedy Theater expands its footprint in Mid City
The Boomerang Comedy Theater is preparing to open a larger Mid City location this month, a move its owners say will allow the Baton...
Real-time text updates are improving the ER experience at this local hospital
Baton Rouge General is leaning into technology to improve the emergency room experience.
The hospital system recently rolled out a text messaging platform across its...
This Mexican restaurant is set to begin construction at its new Walker location
Sombreros Mexican Kitchen & Cantina in Walker has broken ground on its new Walker location, with construction expected to start in a couple of...
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...
