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For wedding photographers it’s all about the turnaround time for pictures
Wedding photographers like Baton Rouge-based Eric Garcia are noticing a shift in their industry, with clients planning smaller events and requesting a faster turnaround on photos.
Ontario plant will supply company with knowledge for Ascension biomass facility
Origin Materials’ first commercial site will soon begin making chloromethyl furfural, a chemical used to make plastic, and hydrothermal carbon, used for carbon black...
Self-storage facility planned in front of Tin Roof brewery
A Baton Rouge-based self-storage company plans to build a storage facility on the 2-acre lot in front of the Tin Roof brewery on Nicholson Drive.
Capital Region health systems still trying to navigate their way to a new normal
Leaders of more than 300 hospitals reported higher revenue in a recent survey, with most of the acceleration happening on the outpatient side.
Roundup: UPS strike averted / Southern University / US home prices
Tentative agreement: UPS has reached a tentative contract agreement with its 340,000-member union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt logistics nationwide for...
See how Mo Vij and 365Labs are streamlining law enforcement operations
Louisiana’s fastest-growing software firm could have been launched anywhere in the nation. But Mohit “Mo” Vij, president and CEO of 365Labs, always insisted on Baton Rouge.
Prime-age workers participating in US job market at record levels
Americans in their prime are employed or on the job hunt at a rate not seen in over 20 years, The Wall Street Journal...
Hammond group buys land in Health District for apartment community
Hammond-based Stoa Group closed on more than six acres on Picardy Avenue last week for its planned Heights at Picardy apartment community.
Roundup: EBR Public Schools / Restaurant week / Clothes swap
Donations: East Baton Rouge Public Schools today announced that ExxonMobil has committed to invest more than $1 million to support students and teachers over...
Workers in the office spend their downtime scrolling, while breaks at home are spent...
People who love working remotely often talk about how much more work they get done from home, but, according to The Wall Street Journal, it's actually their downtime during the workday that is more productive.
Hurricane season is getting longer thanks to hotter temperatures
Hurricane season officially runs June 1 through November 30, but Louisiana State Climatologist and LSU professor Barry Keim and a group of researchers are finding that hurricane season is starting earlier and ending later each year.
Sleepy downtown Donaldsonville is drawing millions in new investment
Six years in the making, the Noël Family Distillery sits in a stylishly renovated former power and light building on Veterans Boulevard along the Mississippi River in historic downtown Donaldsonville.
Cajun Electric plans to open Mid City showroom this fall
Cajun Electric is planning an early fall grand opening for the company’s new showroom in Mid City.
New cookie shop comes to Baton Rouge
Caroline’s Cookies is bringing its distinctive thick cookies to Baton Rouge with a second location, its first outside of Lafayette.
The announcement was made on...
New ExxonMobil plant manager focused on long-term success at site
Laura Eiklor, the new manager at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge plastics and resin finishing plant, says her goal in transitioning into the role is to...
Capital Region adds 400 jobs in June, 18,900 since last year
Louisiana set a record last month for the most state residents ever employed in June, according to federal data released today.
Roundup: Fleur-de-lis fallout / AI safeguards / SEC preseason poll
Branding fight: A David-and-Goliath battle is taking form in New Orleans after a business said on Thursday it will fight a cease-and-desist order from...
Louisiana’s first Earth-to-space call will come from Lake Charles students
No one from Louisiana has ever made a call to space. That will change Tuesday when earthbound students ring up NASA astronauts orbiting above.
Pay satisfaction has more to do with independence than income, survey finds
It’s easy to assume that the key to pay satisfaction is a fatter paycheck, but a recent survey of 2,500 American workers found that it’s a little more complicated, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Sazon Latin Grill brings Colombian and Cuban cuisine to Baton Rouge
Tucked in the corner of an O’Neal Lane shopping center, Sazon Latin Grill is bringing fresh flavors to Baton Rouge.
