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Downtown hotel sees completion of extensive renovations
Hotel Indigo in downtown Baton Rouge recently celebrated the completion of a year’s worth of renovations.
Those renovations saw all 93 of the hotel’s guest...
Meet the Capital Region’s No. 1 Best Place to Work among small companies
When Joe Nicolosi founded Baton Rouge Physical Therapy in 1963, he was already breaking boundaries. At a time when most patients were receiving physical...
Shell Chemical earns Lantern Award from LED
Shell Chemical, in Ascension Parish, brought home the 2024 Lantern Award for manufacturing excellence from Louisiana Economic Development.
Shell was one of eight companies recognized...
Roundup: Dockworkers strike / CVS Health / Tax reform
Suspended: Ports impacted by this week’s strike began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the...
Former local boutique relaunches as an online business
Jenee Esquivel has relaunched her brick-and-mortar brand, Moxi Boutique, as Moxi the Label, an online business with a focus on handmade charm necklaces and...
‘LaPolitics’: Cassidy’s fundraising push for 2026 is gaining steam
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s supporters are getting energized about the 2026 reelection cycle following a Monday night fundraiser that yielded more than $350,000 for...
What the latest jobs report means for the labor market
America’s employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, the latest evidence that the U.S. labor market is still solid enough to support...
Here’s where Nexus Louisiana stands on filling top executive positions
Nexus Louisiana is working toward selecting a new president and CEO in January.
At its first meeting since July, the organization’s board of directors―facing key...
Todd Graves debuts on the Forbes 400 list. Here’s where he ranks
Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves makes his debut this year on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans.
Among the three ranking Louisianans, the...
Why Baton Rouge’s Gulf Valve Services is suing Baker Hughes
A longtime Baton Rouge industrial supplier is suing Baker Hughes Energy Services over an unexplained decision it says could leave it with more than...
Roundup: Venturing into AI / Microsoft goes nuclear / Growing the grid
High value: OpenAI has completed a deal to raise $6.6 billion in new funding, giving the artificial intelligence company a $157 billion valuation and...
Meet the Capital Region’s No. 1 Best Place to Work among medium companies
In the world of automation, a feedback loop is vitally important. A simple example lies in the system that keeps every office cool during...
Rolfe McCollister: Mayor Broome and BREC failed us
East Baton Rouge Parish voters face a big decision on Election Day, Nov. 5, and, as Rolfe McCollister writes in his latest column, it’s...
Here are the Capital Region’s Best Places to Work for 2024
Accounting firm Ryan garnered top honors on Business Report’s Best Places to Work list for 2024, being named both the No. 1 overall and...
Roundup: Baton Rouge affordability / Mike the Tiger / Vehicle sales
Where it ranks: Baton Rouge was named as one of the most affordable metros in the country in a new report from a St....
This locally developed app helps track your habits
Clear Blue Design, a software company in Baton Rouge, released a habit tracking app this year with new features in the making.
Chris Dykes, co-founder...
B1Bank’s holding company completes $85.7M acquisition
Business First Bancshares, the holding company for b1Bank, completed its acquisition of Texas-based Oakwood Bancshares and its bank subsidiary Oakwood Bank this week, the...
Baton Rouge company’s boudin balls are becoming a hit outside of Louisiana
Baton Rouge-based LA-Crave-A-Ball is known for its unique variety of boudin balls and has recently started marketing to customers outside the state.
Members of the...
A new downtown ‘luxury nightclub’ opens Friday
Violet, the second of two downtown “nightlife destinations” to be launched this summer by local entrepreneur David Facey and Echo Tango founder Tommy Talley,...
Roundup: College Drive / Mayoral forum / Gov. Landry
Exit lane closure: The Interstate I-10 westbound College Drive exit will temporarily be diverted to one lane starting Saturday as work continues on the...
