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Ascension Parish has a new interim CAO
Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment on Tuesday announced that Ricky Compton will serve as the parish’s interim chief administrative officer effective immediately.
Compton most recently...
Roundup: TSA changes / Small business confidence / Vaccines discussion
Keep your shoes on: After nearly 20 years of passengers having to take off their shoes while going through airport security, they might soon...
New York nonprofit acquires Heritage Ranch property in Zachary
A New York-based nonprofit has acquired the approximately 50 acres that house the Heritage Ranch in Zachary.
Timothy Hill Ranch, an organization providing Christian-centered residential...
Lamar adds 1,500 billboards to its portfolio through acquisition
Lamar Advertising Company has acquired the assets of Verde Outdoor in the first-ever UPREIT transaction in the billboard industry, the company announced Monday afternoon.
The...
B1Bank will expand its north Louisiana footprint with this acquisition
Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares Inc., the holding company for b1Bank, on Tuesday announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Progressive...
Investors are buying more homes in the US as prices continue to rise
Real estate investors are snapping up a bigger share of U.S. homes on the market as rising prices and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze...
‘LaPolitics’: October ballot is about more than NOLA
What follows is a sampling of potential races to watch from the Oct. 11 ballot. While the marquee elections in Orleans Parish for mayor...
How entrepreneur Stuart Gilly is rallying Baton Rouge to give back
Baton Rouge entrepreneur Stuart Gilly is on a mission to transform the city—one volunteer project and small business at a time.
Through Grow with the...
Roundup: Federal funding cuts / Louisiana Democratic Party / Texas floods
School cuts: The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to freeze $6.8 billion in K-12 funding has alarmed state officials and educators, who warn it...
Real estate investment firm acquires local single-family rental community
A Northeast-based real estate investment firm has acquired all 112 lots and common area tracts totaling roughly 32 acres within D.R. Horton’s Villas at...
From boom to bust? Clean energy sector braces for fallout
The renewable energy sector is facing a major shake-up following President Trump’s newly signed spending bill, which rolls back key tax credits under the...
BRAC is launching a new business accelerator program
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber on Monday announced the launch of its Growth Lab Accelerator, a leadership development program tailored for minority-, woman- and...
What steep US tariffs would mean for those on both sides of the Atlantic
The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on America’s largest trade partner in a...
Tariffs could cost US midsize companies a collective $82B
A pair of new studies from the JPMorganChase Institute are warning that the nation’s current tariff strategy could result in $82.3 billion in costs...
Baton Rouge’s unemployment rate rose in May. See by how much
The Baton Rouge metro unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in May, up from 3.7% in April and 3.6% a year ago, according to the...
A Q&A with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s Jonathan Grimes
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge President and CEO Jonathan Grimes shared his views with Business Report on the sector's current challenges and economic...
Roundup: Gifts for officials / US jobless claims / Fourth of July costs
Ethics laws loosened: Elected officials and government employees may now be gifted $81 worth of food and drinks per individual for state holidays and...
Indoor pickleball franchise to open a location in Walker
A national indoor pickleball court franchise will open a location in Walker, its first in Louisiana.
Pickleball Kingdom, which has courts in 23 states, will...
The US job market’s resilience continues to surprise economists
U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the American labor market continues to show surprising resilience despite uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic...
Attendance is down at US theme parks this summer. Here’s why
Amusement parks are experiencing their slowest start to the summer season since the pandemic, as extreme weather—ranging from heavy rain to scorching heat—keeps visitors...
