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A Baton Rouge native is named Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Baton Rouge native LaDonte Lotts and his business partner Xavier Barreda have been named Young Entrepreneurs of the Year by Louisiana Economic Development.
Lotts and...
House advances home insurance bill repealing ‘three-year rule’
The Louisiana House of Representatives this week approved a bill that would phase out what is known as the “three-year rule,” which blocks insurers...
New restaurant building is proposed for S Sherwood Forest Boulevard
A developer is proposing to tear down a building that has been home to various restaurants on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard to build a...
Were votes in the Louisiana House altered after legislators cast them?
A few Louisiana lawmakers saw their votes changed from what they had submitted on Wednesday, leading to the passage of a controversial bill restricting...
Yellen: Threats to democracy risk US economic growth
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy—an indirect jab at Donald Trump.
Yellen, in an...
Roundup: Buccee’s / Mick Jagger / Apple
Leave it to beaver: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the City of Ruston, the state and the Federal Highway Administration last week...
With job growth slowing and unemployment rising, is a rate cut on the way?
Breaking from a string of data showing surprising strength in the labor market, job growth slowed and unemployment rose in April, The Wall Street...
Port of New Orleans announces record container growth
The Port of New Orleans moved a total of 133,845 twenty-foot equivalent units during the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, representing a 19%...
Roundup: Congressional district map / EBR schools superintendent / ExxonMobil
Plan to appeal: Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional...
Meet the three finalists for this year’s High Stakes Pitch
Nexus Louisiana has announced the top three finalists for Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week’s High Stakes Pitch Competition next week.
This year’s finalists are Falaya, Leroy's...
Here’s the latest on the constitutional convention
Supporters of the proposed Louisiana constitutional convention gave more details on Wednesday regarding their intentions for the overhaul of the state’s foundational governing document,...
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...
