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Roundup: Fleur de Lis Pizza / Mortgage demand / Local hospitals
For sale: Closed last year after 70 years of business, Fleur de Lis Pizza has been listed for sale. The property was recently listed...
How vulnerable are Capital Region markets to a housing crash?
The Capital Region’s main housing markets are in the middle of the pack among 581 counties nationwide when it comes to how vulnerable they...
LSU partnering with cybersecurity firm to create student-run operations centers
LSU is establishing two student-run security operations centers, or SOCs, to provide the university's Baton Rouge and Shreveport campuses with cybersecurity protection and response.
To...
Drugs, weapons and cash among refuse found in Baton Rouge’s litter
Volunteer Baton Rouge anti-litter group Keep Tiger Town Beautiful witnessed a drug bust today at one of its regular cleanup spots, founder Jennifer Richardson...
Is private school tax credit serving as a tax shelter for the wealthy?
A new study finds that Louisiana’s private school voucher tax credit is siphoning money from public education and serving as a tax shelter for...
Women surging back into the workforce after steep dropoff fueled by pandemic
American women are staging a return to the workforce that is propelling the economy in the face of high inflation and rising interest rates,...
Baton Rouge looks to score goal with a new ice hockey team
It’s now been two decades since Baton Rouge boasted a hockey team. But all that could change in the coming months as groups in...
Baton Rouge-based MR Engineering & Surveying acquires Tatum
MR Engineering & Surveying, a Baton Rouge-based civil engineering firm, announced it has acquired Tatum Engineering & Surveying.
MRES owner Mickey Robertson worked for Tatum,...
Roundup: Nathan Millard / CPRA audit / Public relations luncheon
Caught on camera: New video obtained by WBRZ shows Georgia businessman Nathan Millard walking along Florida Boulevard just hours before he was last seen...
How Shaq has made himself even more larger than life
Shaquille O'Neal knows what you're thinking—another superstar athlete presenting himself as a business genius.
It is, after all, fashionable among athletes to parlay one's sports...
See how much Baton Rouge rents have increased in the past year
The Baton Rouge housing market registered the third smallest year-over-year increase in average rent prices in the country from January 2022 to January 2023,...
Used car prices are going up again
Consumers hoping to buy a used car or truck for cheap this spring might be disappointed, as wholesale used vehicle prices increased for a...
Louisiana tax exemptions cost nearly $7.4B, but which are the costliest?
Louisiana would have collected almost $7.4 billion in estimated additional tax revenue during the 2021-2022 fiscal year if not for various exemptions, according to...
Three Baton Rouge contractors rank among nation’s top five in performance
Three Baton Rouge-based companies made the top five on Associated Builders and Contractors’ annual Top Performance list, a ranking of its commercial and industrial...
Roundup: Metro Council / SNAP cutoffs / FuturePAC endorsements
Item pulled: Hours before the Metro Council was set to consider the item, the mayor’s office pulled its request for an additional assistant chief...
Consumers increasingly want ‘revenge’ against companies over product issues
Americans are encountering more problems with companies’ products and services than ever before, reports the Wall Street Journal, and a higher proportion of them...
Expect a slow spring for the Baton Rouge residential housing market
Baton Rouge-area residential real estate experts are not forecasting strong sales heading into spring as the nation’s housing market continues to cool from rising mortgage rates.
See what’s replacing the former Smoothie King near LSU
The former Smoothie King drive-thru outside the LSU North Gates will reopen as a late-night calzone restaurant called D.P. Dough.
Roundup: Laurie Adams / Max Gruver / Twitter struggles
In the race: Republican Metro Council member Laurie Adams today announced her candidacy for state representative for House District 68. The seat is currently...
New downtown strategic plan likely to include safety element
Downtown’s next strategic plan is likely to include a “clean and safe” program, Downtown Development District Executive Director Whitney Hoffman Sayal says.
