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TRENDS: Retail vacancy rates are on the rise but still healthy
Retail vacancy rates in the Capital Region are still in good shape, despite their rise from 7.17% in 2022 to 8.02% in 2023.
Charlie Colvin...
TRENDS: Residential real estate market continues to slow
While the Baton Rouge residential real estate market experienced record growth from 2019 to 2021, that growth has slowed significantly in 2022 and 2023.
That’s...
TRENDS: Industrial real estate market struggles to keep up with demand
The Baton Rouge industrial real estate market continues to find itself in a state of “gridlock and stagnation” even as the national market appears...
Why good leaders develop not one leadership style, but a range of them
Much time and money has been spent by organizations helping their executive and management teams discover and develop their own distinct leadership style.
But as...
Extreme weather is causing more power outages across US
The rate in which power outages are reported across the nation has grown over the past decade as extreme-weather events occur more frequently, Bloomberg...
St. George organizer Andrew Murrell talks education, taxes
Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
On Monday, the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP issued a statement warning that...
What the latest numbers say about the US labor market
Job openings in the U.S. fell to a three-year low in March, one sign that labor market conditions are cooling, which could aid the...
Louisiana governor could hire university system presidents under proposed bill
The Louisiana Legislature is mulling a proposal that would give Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and his successors unprecedented power over higher education in the...
Fed leaves little doubt over where it stands on interest rate cuts
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates...
Roundup: Schedule III / Walmart Health / St. George
Let’s reschedule: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug—the agency’s biggest policy change in over 50...
Here’s how H&E has repositioned itself as a pure play rental business
The focus of Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services is now squarely on its fastest-growing business segment: equipment rental.
In recent years, H&E has repositioned itself...
The cost of Louisiana’s occupational licensing
Louisiana’s restrictive occupational licensing requirements are costly for the economy and harmful to the workforce, Governing writes in a deep-dive published this week about...
Tenant buys industrial property for $1.36M
Coleman Roofing & Construction purchased the building housing its Gonzales operations for $1.36 million last week, according to Elifin Realty’s Pulse newsletter.
Coleman Roofing and...
Big brands warn low-income consumers are cracking
Executives of some of America’s best-known companies are warning that consumers are feeling the pinch of inflation, CNBC reports.
Stubborn inflation rates have cast a...
Fed expects to keep rates higher longer
Fed officials will hold their benchmark federal-funds rate steady at around 5.3%—its highest level in more than two decades—at their two-day policy meeting that...
Could a tax on foreign oil replace Louisiana’s income tax?
A member of the Louisiana public service commission has proposed eliminating the state income tax to replace it with one on foreign oil processed...
Here’s how Aldi is growing across the US
Nearly every aspect of Aldi’s operation revolves around saving money and it’s that practice that is helping grow the German-based grocer across the US,...
Inflation delays Fed decisions
Inflation showing no recent signs of slowing is leaving U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers challenged this week as they grapple to characterize their next steps,...
PAR ‘disheartened’ by $48B state budget plan
The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana on Monday released its commentary on the nearly $48 billion state budget that was approved by the...
Louisiana sues Biden over Title IX rules
The state of Louisiana is suing President Joe Biden to block new U.S. Department of Education rules issued that include protections for LGBTQ students,...
