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What lawmakers’ DOTD overhaul looks like
Louisiana lawmakers are advancing a significant overhaul of the state’s Department of Transportation and Development, which currently faces a $19 billion backlog in highway...
Roundup: Enough is Enough Louisiana / Trade deficit / Weather warning
Stepping down: Insurance reform nonprofit Enough is Enough Louisiana’s president has resigned following the distribution of materials he says used his name without his...
Mergers and acquisitions have hit a 20-year low
Global mergers and acquisitions activity significantly dropped this spring, reaching its lowest point in two decades in April, Reuters writes.
Only 555 M&A contracts were...
This company bought 31 lots in the Atwater Development
A Baton Rouge-based holding company has purchased over 30 lots in the Atwater Reserve residential development off River Road.
Pavo Capital Inc., represented by Lee...
New BRAF grants target early learning, violence prevention
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has launched a new grant program aimed at tackling two big issues: early childhood development and community safety.
Through the...
‘LaPolitics’: Lawmakers may have more capital outlay opportunities
Gov. Jeff Landry’s budget left more meat on the capital outlay bone this year, giving legislators more room to include their own brick-and-mortar priorities.
Lawmakers,...
Do AI LLMs have values?
As large language models become increasingly integrated into enterprise operations, company executives should remain aware of potential embedded values within the evolving technology, Harvard...
Louisiana takes on Vermont’s new Climate Superfund law
Louisiana has joined nearly two dozen other states in a lawsuit challenging Vermont’s new Climate Superfund Act, saying the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and...
Roundup: The Fed / Car insurance reform / Home prices
Staying on course: The Federal Reserve will likely keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged—at about 4.3%—on Wednesday, despite weeks of harsh criticism and...
Returning Saturday, Night Market BTR is a business launchpad
Night Market BTR returns to downtown Baton Rouge this weekend, and it’s bigger than ever.
The open-air market, now in its third year, aims to...
McDonald’s plans to open a new location in Livingston Parish
McDonald’s is set to break ground in June on its sixth restaurant location in Livingston Parish.
The fast-food chain plans to open the new eatery...
This massive coastal restoration project is in peril
An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast that was devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been thrown...
Roundup: SNAP benefits / Kentucky Derby / An accolade
MAHA’s impact: Louisiana will seek a waiver from the federal government to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with federal food assistance—part...
Permits to build apartments in the US drop below pre-pandemic levels
A new report finds that permits to build multifamily housing units in the U.S. are down 27.1% from the COVID-19 pandemic building boom and...
Jobs report: Market shows resilience amid uncertainty
American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
Hiring...
This Ascension Parish child care and early learning facility just changed hands
A day care property in Prairieville recently was sold, as a child care and early learning center operator expands its footprint in Ascension Parish.
Shriver...
‘LaPolitics’: Attorney general, secretary of state pushing legislative agendas
Attorney General Liz Murrill and Secretary of State Nancy Landry, Louisiana's highest-ranking women in elected office, are both pushing aggressive legislative agendas in the...
North Baton Rouge is hosting a small business summit next week
Small businesses in north Baton Rouge will have an opportunity to get insights into accessing capital, business scaling, digital growth and more at an...
Real estate report: ‘Flight to quality’ is driving the Baton Rouge office market
The Baton Rouge office market is experiencing a “flight to quality,” with occupancy rates in Class A office spaces rising nearly 10%.
That is according...
Roundup: Credit downgrade / Defunding Louisiana / Camping under fire
Woodside’s financial exposure: S&P Global Ratings downgraded Australian energy firm Woodside Energy’s credit outlook from “stable” to “negative” Wednesday after the company committed to...
