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Additional flights to Las Vegas from BTR available for LSU season opener
To prepare for LSU football's upcoming season opener, the Baton Rouge airport is adding nonstop flights for fans to Vegas.
Airport spokesperson Kristin Jewell says...
See how the SBA is expanding its clean energy program
The Small Business Administration wants to attract lenders to finance small businesses’ clean energy projects.
The SBA doesn’t give out loans itself. Instead, it works...
Richard Nelson: Fundamental tax reform is needed
A temporary 0.45% sales tax and a temporary 2% sales tax on business utilities—taxes that generate hundreds of millions each year—are set to sunset...
US services activity expands as orders rebound
In a move that may help soothe concerns about a downturn in the economy, the U.S. services sector expanded in July after contracting a...
Roundup: Ascension Parish / Pennington grant / College football coaches poll
New local leadership: Ascension Parish Government announced a handful of prominent new appointments on Monday. Jason Liccardi will serve as interim utility director, Lucy...
Tighter regulations for commercial real estate mortgages are coming
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are set to introduce stricter regulations for commercial property lenders and brokers, driven by a crackdown on fraud in...
See why mortgage rates are plunging
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage has dropped to the lowest rate in over a year, CNBC reports.
The average rate on...
Why Wall Street is tumbling today
Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling Monday as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets...
See energy and environmental highlights from the last legislative session
A number of new laws impacting energy production and environmental regulation came out of the recently concluded Louisiana legislative session.
Local firm Kean Miller breaks...
H&E Rentals launches a new mental health resource for companies
H&E Rentals has launched a Mental Health and Hope training module for its own employees as well for other equipment industry companies.
The training was...
Roundup: Chevron / Coca-Cola taxes / New open meetings provision
Bigger in Texas: Oil and gas giant Chevron is moving its headquarters from California to Houston, Texas, executives announced Friday morning. While the company’s...
EBR Housing Authority gets a $2.5M HUD investment for Ardendale
The East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority and the BR Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan were recently awarded a $2.5 million investment from the U.S....
This family-owned fire safety company has filed for bankruptcy
Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication to include a comment from Louisiana Fire Extinguisher CEO Kristina Fleming.
Louisiana Fire Extinguisher,...
Alvarez Construction purchases 44 lots for residential community
Homebuilder Alvarez Construction purchased 44 lots in the Silverside Cove community off Staring Lane for $3.5 million, according to sales documents filed with the...
Amazon celebrates grand opening of Baton Rouge fulfillment center
The city of Baton Rouge and Amazon celebrated the grand opening of the highly anticipated Amazon Fulfillment Center at the former Cortana Mall site...
Why plans for this hotel and fast food restaurant have been delayed
The plans to demolish a hotel at Reiger Road and Siegen Lane intersection to build a new hotel, fast food restaurant and coffee shop...
The Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is larger than predicted. See by how much
This year’s low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average and larger than the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration researchers’...
Roundup: Booking mugshots / Voter registration laws / New Roads police
Look what’s back: Booking mugshots are back in Louisiana with a new law repealing restrictions to their publication and distribution taking effect Aug. 1....
This angel investment network continues to spread its wings
When Mike Eckert moved to New Orleans a little over a decade ago, he was surprised to find that local entrepreneurs did not have...
30-year average mortgage rate at its lowest level since winter
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell this week to its lowest level since early February, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing...
