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U.S. job openings dip below 10 million but labor market remains robust
U.S. job openings slipped in May but remained at levels high enough to illustrate that the American labor market remains resilient in the face of sharply higher interest rates.
Baton Rouge General opens Louisiana Center for Bariatrics
Baton Rouge General Medical Center has opened the Louisiana Center for Bariatrics, offering surgical and nonsurgical approaches to fighting obesity.
Five Guys among new businesses coming to Settlement on Shoe Creek in Central
Five Guys is set to open a location at The Settlement on Shoe Creek shopping center in Central.
Baton Rouge security camera initiative gains buy-in from business community
The Page/Rice Camera Initiative, backed by the business community, has raised around $400,000 to buy and install security cameras around Baton Rouge.
See who America’s top-paid CEOs were in 2022 and how much they made
Nine CEOs of publicly traded U.S. companies made more than $100 million in 2022, The Wall Street Journal reports in its latest rundown of the country’s highest-paid executives.
Roundup: Fed rate hikes / Northshore tourism / Road Home audit
Differing opinions: Some Federal Reserve officials pushed to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point at their meeting last...
Louisiana regulators join other states in scrutinizing utilities’ political expenses
At least three states—Colorado, Connecticut and Maine—passed laws this spring barring utilities from charging customers for their lobbying, public relations spending and dues to political trade associations.
Is the US labor market beginning to cool?
The U.S. labor market is starting to loosen up, according to the Federal Reserve’s go-to metric for assessing the economy. But data from LinkedIn shows a more pronounced shift away from what has been a historically tight jobs market.
Old Blue Cross building on Florida in Mid City sells
Marjoe Holmes Sr. recently purchased the vacant old Blue Cross building on Florida Boulevard for an undisclosed sum.
New Baton Rouge hockey team hopes to outlive Kingfish, but what does success look...
When officials announced Baton Rouge was getting a new minor league expansion team, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome urged the community to work together to make the team a success.
How BRYC became a Best Place to Work
When the Baton Rouge Youth Coalition won Business Report’s Best Place to Work award for small companies in 2022, it was the result of...
Roundup: ExxonMobil flares / PGA and LIV / Stamp prices
Plant problems: A problem at ExxonMobil's plastic plant in Baton Rouge led to unscheduled flaring at the facility early this morning that startled residents...
Community Coffee files notice for $4M expansion
Baton Rouge-based Community Coffee has filed an advance notice with the state that it intends to undergo a $4 million expansion.
Industries that depend on thriving downtowns are suffering
It’s not just downtown Baton Rouge that has suffered from fewer workers coming into the office.
City-parish extending Mississippi River levee trail to EBR parish line
Baton Rouge’s popular Mississippi River levee trail draws walkers, runners and cyclists to 12.5 miles of paved, lighted pathway overlooking the river. Now, the...
Charter school files for occupancy of former Franciscan High School
The recently closed Franciscan High School may soon be replaced by a Helix Academy school, according to a permit filed with the city-parish
Spain to continue his work on key BRAF initiatives while pursuing new projects
While John Spain is stepping down as executive vice president of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a position he has held for two decades, he remains under contract with BRAF for the next two years.
Negotiations are in the works to develop Rouzan’s last commercial tracts
Negotiations are underway to develop the remaining commercial tracts in the Rouzan development off Perkins Road.
Roundup: Student loan debt / Traffic-stopping temperatures / ESPN layoffs
SCOTUS ruling: A sharply divided Supreme Court has effectively killed President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debt...
Employers brace for challenges to diversity programs after SCOTUS ruling
Businesses are expecting Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action to reduce the diversity in the pool of highly educated candidates for future jobs, including leadership roles, according to The Wall Street Journal.
