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Go behind the scenes with Garth Brooks before his sold-out Tiger Stadium show
Garth Brooks never considered himself a “cool kid.” As the best-selling artist in the U.S.—and with countless awards and broken records to his name—that may be hard to believe.
Roundup: SEC medical adviser / Canceled flights / St. Gabriel terminal
Health liaison: Dr. Catherine O’Neal, chief medical officer for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and one of Business Report’s 2022 Influential...
How much do the largest U.S. companies pay their workers
Wages for median workers at the majority of big American companies are higher than they were before the pandemic, with the tight job market helping to lift paydays for many bank tellers, factory workers and software programmers, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Mid South Extrusion planning $4.9M expansion of north Louisiana facility
Mid South Extrusion, which produces polyethylene film for food packaging and other consumer and industrial uses, is investing $4.9 million to add a 12th production line at its manufacturing facility in Monroe.
Rising environmental legal challenges derailing industrial project timelines
Courtrooms across the U.S. are finding themselves on the front lines of a nationwide struggle over federal and state rights in regulating environmental policy....
Mississippi River bridge options narrowed to three Iberville Parish sites
Officials today presented three location options for a new Mississippi River bridge crossing in the Capital Region.
BREC looking into providing pickleball at tennis, basketball courts
Pickleball, a close relative of tennis and badminton, may be the fastest-growing sport in America, and it’s competing with tennis for participants and real estate.
Roundup: Population loss / Refinery restarts / Nonunanimous juries
Moving away: New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows most of Louisiana’s larger cities lost population between July 2020 and July 2021, despite...
Sleeping later when you work from home doesn’t help in the long run
Hybrid office schedules, with some days in the office and other days at home, risk upending one of the most important keys to professional...
Baton Rouge unemployment rate drops to 3.1%
Louisiana currently has the lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in more than a decade,
Why right now might be a good time to look for office space
Many companies are sitting on their hands while figuring out how much office space they will actually need in a hybrid work environment. But...
New technologies bringing Baton Rouge filmmaking into the future
As National Treasure, one of the biggest film productions to come to Baton Rouge since the pandemic, nears the end of its first season’s production in June, the future of filmmaking in Baton Rouge is bright.
GoAuto sells majority stake to private equity firm
Milestone Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, has purchased an 80% stake in GoAuto, a low-cost auto insurer.
Roundup: Predatory lending bill / Mortgage rates / Unclaimed property
Veto requested: Community and advocacy groups are calling on Gov. John Bel Edwards to veto a bill narrowly passed by the state Legislature last...
Southern, Georgetown agree to five-year partnership
The Southern University System has signed a memorandum of understanding with Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Home listings jump as sellers race against a softening market
The supply of homes for sale jumped 9% last week compared with the same week one year ago, according to Realtor.com.
Entergy Louisiana CEO vacationed in Colorado as Ida battered state
The chief executive of Louisiana's largest electricity utility vacationed in Colorado as Hurricane Ida ripped through the state last summer, a trip that clearly...
Soon there will be three … location options for new Mississippi River bridge
The Capital Area Road and Bridge District committee expects to narrow the number of options for a new Mississippi River bridge location from 10 to three at its meeting Friday.
Moody’s raises Louisiana’s bond credit rating after six years
Louisiana’s bond credit rating has moved up a notch.
The new rating by Moody’s Investors Service will save the state about $750,000 a year in...
EBR job, wage growth trailed national average in fourth quarter
Employment in East Baton Rouge Parish grew 4% in the fourth quarter of last year, while average weekly wages grew 5.2%, according to the...
