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Roundup: Beetle emergency / Fireworks sales / Car sales rise
Louisiana trees under attack: Louisiana House lawmakers are convening an emergency panel to deal with widespread beetle attacks on pine trees across the state....
Public companies to face new financial reporting requirements
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has unanimously voted to introduce new disclosure requirements for U.S. publicly traded companies, The Wall Street Journal reports. These...
Genesis 360 awarded $12M contract from Barksdale Air Force Base
The Department of Defense has awarded Baton Rouge-based Genesis 360 a $12 million contract to provide essential services at Barksdale Air Force Base in...
McCollister: Losing Garret Graves hurts Louisiana
In his most recent column, Rolfe McCollister expresses utter disbelief that Garret Graves, one of the smartest, most effective and hardest-working members of the...
Roundup: Sweltering summer / Livingston Parish schools / Plastics plant
Be careful: An excessive heat warning is in effect for the Capital Region and most of south Louisiana for a second consecutive day through...
More white-collar workers are now eligible for overtime
A new federal overtime rule that went into effect on Monday might mean that more of your workers are eligible for overtime pay, Inc....
Nursing home purchases property housing its facility from OLOL
St. Clare Manor Nursing Home purchased the property where its facility is located on Bishop Ott Drive and Lobdell Boulevard from Our Lady of...
‘LaPolitics’: State construction budget undergoing changes
The state’s process for deciding which projects from the annual construction budget to fund, and how to fund them, can be difficult to follow.
Sometimes,...
Judge: Biden can’t pause consideration of LNG projects while challenge plays out
The Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge by 16 Republican-led states plays out...
Meet this year’s Top 100 Private Companies in the Capital Region
This year’s Top 100 Private Companies in the Capital Region navigated a handful of challenges last year including global supply chain issues, inflation coupled...
Voters will have a say in how the state collects possible royalties from offshore...
Along with deciding several high-profile races when they go to the polls in November, Louisiana voters will also determine whether the state will participate...
US manufacturing shrinks for a third consecutive month
U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in June and a measure of prices paid by factories for inputs dropped to a six-month...
Former salon and art space on Government Street changes hands
The former Hair Art & Company property on Government Street sold for $640,000, according to sales documents filed last week with the East Baton...
Gov. Landry vetoes bill banning “deepfakes” in Louisiana. Here’s why
Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal to deceive voters with “deepfakes,” or false impersonations or depictions of...
See how many jobs Baton Rouge added in May
The Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area added 200 jobs from April to May to bring its total to 423,800, according to the Louisiana Workforce...
Roundup: Press Club speaker / Excessive heat warning/ Hurricane Beryl
DEMCO official: Jeff Andry, chief strategy and regulatory officer for DEMCO, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on...
Texas fast-food franchisee bringing popular chain to Hammond Aire Plaza
A Texas fast-food franchisee has plans to bring a Dunkin’ to the Hammond Aire Plaza.
Tasty Delites Southeast LLC of Plano, Texas, agreed to lease...
Roundup: St. George / Flau’jae Johnson / Inflation
To the polls: St. George's emergency meeting Thursday resulted in a unanimous vote to set a Dec. 7 election allowing St. George to take...
Should attorneys who are state legislators be granted automatic court delays?
The Louisiana Supreme Court will review whether granting automatic delays in court proceedings to attorneys who are also state lawmakers is fair, Louisiana Illuminator...
Proposed LNG export terminal clears one hurdle but others remain
What would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas won approval from a federal commission Thursday, but when the Louisiana project...
