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This popular restaurant chain is opening its second Capital Region location
Dave’s Hot Chicken, the quickly expanding fast-casual chain known for its Nashville-style hot chicken, is opening its second location in the Capital Region.
The brand’s...
What Baton Rouge’s residential market is poised to do in 2026
The Baton Rouge residential real estate market continues to show signs of stabilizing as 2025 draws to a close, and early 2026 will likely...
Port of South Louisiana welcomes new leadership
The Port of South Louisiana on Thursday announced that Julia Fisher-Cormier has been selected as its new executive director.
The announcement follows a national search...
Baton Rouge earns a stellar bond rating from Moody’s
Moody’s Ratings has affirmed Baton Rouge’s bond rating of Aa2, one of the highest ratings the company assigns to the financial condition of government...
Capital Region commercial developers eye 2026 as momentum returns
The local commercial real estate market has picked up and is expected to strengthen in 2026 as interest rates fall, insurance costs ease and...
How did the Baton Rouge film industry fare in 2025, and what comes next?
For the Capital Region’s film industry, 2025 was a year of highs and lows.
Studio-backed productions were scarce, but independent filmmaking activity held steady, according...
Episode 35: Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois
Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois joined Strictly Business in December 2025 to discuss the state’s sweeping shift in economic strategy—and what it means for...
Why a former Metro Council member is suing over the new LSU tax districts
Former Metro Council member Darrell Glasper Sr. has filed suit against two newly created economic development districts tied to LSU, alleging they unlawfully imposed...
John Kirwan is out as Pennington Biomedical’s executive director
After eight years at the helm of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, John Kirwan is stepping away from his role as executive director.
In a letter...
Hut 8 lands a massive partnership for its West Feliciana data center
Hut 8 has secured a multibillion-dollar partnership with Anthropic and Fluidstack, a deal that puts the company’s planned River Bend data center in West...
Louisiana Farm Bureau is eyeing demutualization. Here’s what that means
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., one of the state’s leading insurers, is moving to convert from a mutual insurance company into a stock...
What’s next for St. George? Schools and a sports complex
Daily Report sat down with St. George Mayor Dustin Yates to discuss how Louisiana’s newest city navigated 2025 as well as what comes next....
This local bakery is launching a charitable foundation
CounterspaceBR, the Mid City bakery known for its from-scratch pastries, is expanding its mission beyond baked goods through a new nonprofit arm: the Counterspace...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
Here are the latest property transactions and issued permits in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
BR Bridge School Properties...
When will Gov. Landry’s CCS moratorium be lifted? Uncertainty abounds
It’s been two months since Gov. Jeff Landry ordered a moratorium on new applications for carbon capture injection wells in Louisiana, a move that...
Joor Road mixed-use development proposal heads to Planning Commission
The Planning Commission on Monday is scheduled to consider a proposed mixed-use residential development with commercial space on a 42-acre site along Joor Road...
Why did Main Street Market’s renovation take so long to complete?
When downtown Baton Rouge’s Main Street Market closed for renovation in September 2023, the work was expected to take six to nine months. But...
Stirling has acquired these two major Baton Rouge office properties
Stirling Properties has acquired the Citiplace Centre I and Acadian Centre office buildings in separate transactions, according to deals filed Friday with the East...
Oklahoma manufacturer purchases its Ascension facility property
Oklahoma-based Midwest Hose and Specialty has purchased the Ascension Parish property that houses its operations in Copperhead Industrial Park.
The company bought the roughly 3.3-acre...
FMOL Health has purchased this property near Our Lady of the Lake
FMOL Health has acquired a kidney care facility property on Flanders Drive near Essen Lane.
The system purchased the site through Our Lady of the...
