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Maryland company acquires Baton Rouge charter school property
A Maryland-based nonprofit community development financial institution has purchased the former IDEA Innovation school property on Innovation Park Drive.
The nonprofit 22Beacon—formerly Charter Schools Development...
Nuclear energy ‘primed for a resurgence’ in the US as a result of AI...
Soaring demand for electricity from artificial intelligence data centers is set to trigger a $350 billion nuclear buildout in the U.S., Bloomberg writes.
Nuclear output...
EA Games to be acquired for $52.5B in massive private equity buyout
Electronic Arts, maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the...
BP is committing billions to its new Gulf drilling project
BP is betting big on the Gulf with a $5 billion offshore drilling project aimed at bolstering its U.S. production, Reuters reports.
The Tiber-Guadalupe development,...
Lee Michaels to expand flagship Baton Rouge location
Aiming to meet rising demand in the luxury watch market, Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry is expanding its flagship Bocage store on Corporate Boulevard.
The retailer...
Roundup: New tariffs / Home flipping / Lamar Advertising
Pharmaceuticals and more: President Trump announced new tariffs Thursday, including a 100% levy on branded or patented drugs made by companies not building U.S....
Woodside signs $17.5B Louisiana LNG supply deal with Turkey’s BOTAS
Woodside Energy has secured a long-term deal with Turkey’s state-owned BOTAS to supply about 4.25 million tons of LNG annually, primarily from its massive...
What the latest numbers from the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge show
The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures price...
‘LaPolitics’: A look at the goals of the Right on Crime initiative
LaPolitics: What is the mission of Right On Crime?
East Baton Rouge Metro Council member Dwight Hudson, who is the Louisiana state director for Right...
How executives can navigate challenging CEOs
A growing body of research underscores just how much a company’s fortunes depend on its top leader.
McKinsey estimates that nearly 45% of performance variation...
These six megaprojects signal an industrial construction surge for Louisiana
Six concurrent megaprojects are set to fuel a significant wave of industrial construction across Louisiana, with labor demand peaking at about 20,500 workers in...
Investors bet big against Mother Nature as hurricane season heats up
Large investors such as pensions and hedge funds are estimated to have spent $18.6 billion so far in 2025 buying catastrophe bonds, which insurers...
Roundup: Smitty’s Supply fire / Starbucks / Oil production
Info ‘confidential’: The EPA is yet to make public the list of hazardous materials present at the Smitty’s Supply Inc. petroleum products plant that...
The US economy grew at a faster pace than previously thought in Q2
An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy expand at a surprising 3.8% from April through June, the government reported in a dramatic...
Who should foot the bill for Louisiana’s $3B Meta power upgrade?
In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70...
Roundup: Home sales / Disney streaming / OpenAI’s $1T plan
Surging: Sales of new homes in the U.S. jumped 20.5% in August to an 800,000 annualized rate, the fastest since early 2022. Aggressive builder...
Barnes & Noble is set to open in Towne Center
Barnes & Noble will open its new Baton Rouge bookstore on Oct. 1 in Towne Center at Cedar Lodge, located across from Ulta, the...
Big banks expand teams amid hottest deal market since 2021
Wall Street is heating up again as a surge in mergers, acquisitions and IPOs drives banks to expand their dealmaking teams, The Wall Street...
Here’s the latest on Baton Rouge’s planned film-focused charter school
Efforts to establish a new 9-12 charter school with an emphasis on film and digital media in Baton Rouge are forging ahead.
Fallon Buckner Ward,...
Supreme Court case could reshape Louisiana’s coastal lawsuits, energy economy
Louisiana’s high-stakes coastal erosion lawsuits are drawing renewed scrutiny as the U.S. Supreme Court considers Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a case that could determine...
