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Nexus Louisiana accepting applications for $100K pitch competition
As part of Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, Nexus Louisiana will host a high-stakes pitch competition that will culminate with a live pitch event March 10 in which the winner will receive a $100,000 investment prize.
Roundup: Traffic delays / LMOGA president / Cox adds Disney+
Red light, green light: Traffic signals across East Baton Rouge Parish will undergo maintenance work this week. Because crews will be working along the...
Kenilworth Manor Apartments sells for $3.25M
Austin, Texas-based Stilo Capital Partners bought Kenilworth Manor Apartments on Menlo Drive for $3.25 million in a Friday deal.
Baton Rouge recognized bicycle friendly community
The League of American Bicyclists named Baton Rouge as one of 55 communities to receive a Bicycle Friendly Community Award for fall 2021, the league announced last week.
Nonprofits embracing new fundraising approaches
Over the past two years, Louisiana nonprofits that rely on charitable giving have faced the proverbial perfect storm. A global pandemic and major hurricanes...
Louisiana legislators want to lower legal driving age for truckers
Some Louisiana legislators are hoping to alleviate the ongoing shortage of truck drivers by lowering the legal driving age for big rigs from 21 to 18, WAFB-TV reports.
Baton Rouge congressional district in crosshairs of redistricting battle
Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district, which includes parts of Baton Rouge, is regularly ranked by voting rights groups as among the most gerrymandered in the country.
Louisiana weekly initial unemployment claims rise
Initial unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana for the week ending Dec. 4 rose to 2,183 from the week prior’s 1,568. The increase, while significantly...
Element by Westin opening in Baton Rouge Health District
The Baton Rouge Health District is gaining a new hotel option with the opening of Element by Westin, a Marriott brand.
To-go order surge changes the Baton Rouge restaurant model
The pandemic changed many aspects of the restaurant industry such as making to-go orders a priority. So as Baton Rouge restaurants have pivoted to more to-go and carry-out ordering, how has that altered their business model?
Roundup: LSU chemical spill / US deficit / Office space
Cleanup: A small chemical spill discovered inside a building at LSU prompted a brief scare on campus this afternoon. Around noon, the university posted...
Louisiana ranked as 44th best state for business
Louisiana came in at No. 44 in CNBC’s annual list of top states for business, ranking ahead of just Mississippi, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Maine, Hawaii and Alaska.
How one Louisiana billionaire avoided paying federal income tax
This story was written by Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen. It was originally published by ProPublica.
After the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig...
Baton Rouge retailers dealing with inventory headaches this holiday season
Mallory Jones, manager of Inspirations Furniture and Design, is busy trying to source items for the store, as she talks about supply chain headaches. She and her team are placing orders every day in order to keep as much inventory coming in as they can.
Air Products seeks $44.5M ITEP abatement for first year of Ascension project
Air Products is asking a state board to approve a local property tax exemption that would be worth almost $44.5 million the first year.
Roundup: Life insurance payouts / Long COVID / Apple’s $19 sweet spot
On the rise: The COVID-19 pandemic last year drove the biggest increase in death benefits paid by U.S. life insurers since the 1918 influenza...
RoyOMartin, family donates $3.5M to three LSU campuses
Lumber company RoyOMartin, and LSU alumni Roy O. Martin III and Kathy Kilpatrick Martin have committed $3.5 million to advance top capital priorities on three LSU campuses.
Now open: Custom cakes, catered fare and local art at Eloise Market and Cakery
Custom sweets, cake decorating parties, catered and prepared meals and affordable gifts—the new Eloise Market and Cakery is a multifaceted concept dreamed up by 2021 LSU graduate M.J. Schmidt.
JR Ball: Quit whining about Brian Kelly bolting Golden Dome for LSU gold
Power 5 college football is a cutthroat, multibillion-dollar industry where everyone gets filthy rich except the young men who put their bodies on the line whenever the band strikes up the fight song … or, in LSU’s case, “Neck.”
Arlington Marketplace sells for $30M to California investor
A California-based investor bought Arlington Marketplace, the Rouses-anchored shopping center at the corner of Burbank Drive and Lee Drive, for $30.1 million on Dec. 8.
