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A new downtown craft cocktail bar opens July 4
Second Story, one of two new downtown “nightlife destinations” being launched this summer by local entrepreneur David Facey and Echo Tango founder Tommy Talley,...
Louisiana Supreme Court denies request for rehearing in St. George case
The Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision allowing the creation of the city of St. George will stand after it rejected EBR Mayor Pro Tem Lamont...
Roundup: New laws / Catfish Town building / BRAC’s Diversity Star Award
Heads up: Several new Louisiana laws and measures are going into effect July 1. Among them is Act 312, which repeals the Port Development...
EBR sales tax collections rise in April
February East Baton Rouge Parish General 2% Sales and Use Tax by Holly Duchmann
Bernhard Capital establishes IPM platform through acquisition
Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners on Thursday announced the establishment of a dedicated institutional program management platform through the acquisition of Brailsford & Dunlavey.
Based...
Walgreens plans to close a ‘meaningful percent’ of underperforming stores
Walgreens will close a significant share of its roughly 8,600 stores in the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reports.
The 123-year-old company has not yet...
Louisiana board approves $185M worth of industrial tax breaks
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry approved $185 million worth of industrial tax breaks Wednesday under Gov. Jeff Landry’s new rules, Louisiana Illuminator...
Metro Council signs off on plans for River Center
The Metro Council approved an ordinance without objection Wednesday, accepting Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s strategic plan for redeveloping the River Center complex and developing...
See which nonprofits Gov. Landry used his line-item veto against
Gov. Jeff Landry’s line-item vetoes from the state budget include money for a homeless shelter in Lafayette and housing for the formerly incarcerated in...
Roundup: Flood control / Catfish Town demolition / BP explosion
Pearl River: Louisiana officials heard Tuesday from groups opposed to a taxpayer-funded flood control lake on the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi. The Lower...
Helix Community Schools announces acquisition of IDEA’s Plank Road campus
Helix Community Schools announced Tuesday it had acquired IDEA University Prep’s shuttered Plank Road campus facilities with plans to reopen the school as part...
Amtrak’s return of passenger service between NOLA and Mobile could be derailed
Not everyone is on board with a plan that would return Amtrak service along the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina...
Auto parts dealer buys former veterinary clinic site in Prairieville
O’Reilly Auto Parts recently purchased the former Griffith’s Veterinary Clinic property on Autumn View Drive in Prairieville, which will become its eighth location in...
Speedy Eats sells first unmanned drive-thru store
Baton Rouge startup Speedy Eats has sold its first unmanned drive-thru store to Tance Hughes, an entrepreneur based in Vidalia.
Speedy Eats is a developer...
This trucking company just filed for bankruptcy, pulling 500 trucks off US roads
US Logistics Solutions, a Texas-based trucking company, is shutting down after filing for bankruptcy, in one of the largest trucking failures since less-than-truckload giant...
Roundup: Ten Commandments lawsuit / Minor marijuana pardon / Oil prices
Challenged: Several civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of nine Louisiana families, challenging the state's new law requiring the display...
Newly built homes going on the market continue to get smaller
The typical newly constructed house on the market these days is smaller than those for sale a decade ago, CNBC reports.
A single-family home newly...
Here’s when Louisiana’s education savings account program will debut
Louisiana’s new education savings account program is set to launch in August 2025, The Center Square reports.
Gov. Jeff Landry signed the Louisiana Giving All...
Garden-style office building sells for $1.1M
An office building in the Ironstone Office Park on Bluebonnet Boulevard sold for $1.1 million, according to a deal filed last week with the...
‘LaPolitics’: Does Louisiana have too many public universities for its size?
Monty Sullivan, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, reopened an old debate recently in response to news that Gov. Jeff Landry’s...
