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Roundup: Power outage update / LSU grants / Gulf oil spill
EBR mostly back: Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana, most of them outside New Orleans, still didn’t have power today. In...
BRAC, regional economic development groups push Congress for aid beyond FEMA
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today joined regional economic development organizations in the hurricane-impacted areas of Louisiana to support efforts for a unified disaster...
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Feds outline plans to move forward with Gulf oil and gas lease sale
A sale notice for Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico will likely be published in the Federal Register this month, under plans...
Baton Rouge airport sees surge in passengers after hurricane
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the Baton Rouge Metro Airport has seen a surge in activity.
GBR Industry Alliance reports ‘minimal damage’ from Hurricane Ida
Most Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance members suffered only “minimal damage” from Hurricane Ida, GBRIA reports today.
Roundup: Biden’s visit / Football grid of shame / Service job growth
First glimpse: President Joe Biden may have gotten his first glimpse at the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ida even before he landed in Louisiana...
What would it cost to bury our power lines?
Hurricane Ida plunged more than 1 million customers on the Gulf Coast into darkness, and then knocked out power to another 200,000 in the...
Football is back: Preview LSU’s season opener at UCLA
LSU football’s season opener couldn’t have come at a better time.
It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Ida tore through south Louisiana, and much...
BCP-owned United Utility acquires Williams Electric Company
Baton Rouge-based United Utility, a Bernhard Capital Partners company, has acquired Williams Electric Company, a comprehensive electrical utility contractor with primary operations in the...
Residents, businesses in 25 parishes eligible for disaster unemployment aid
President Biden granted a request by Gov. John Bel Edwards to make disaster unemployment insurance available to businesses and residents in 25 Louisiana parishes, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced Friday.
Nearly 30% of EBR still in the dark; see BRAC’s latest power outage tracker
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has been tracking all available data related to power outages in the region.
Things are improving in East Baton Rouge...
Capital Region restaurants busy feeding first responders, utility crews
As the extent of Hurricane Ida’s impact is revealed, restaurants are getting busy cooking, even while some are also juggling their own recovery.
A lack...
Baton Rouge hotels booked with evacuees, emergency teams
Baton Rouge hotels are all booked up—some through September—with evacuees from hurricane-devastated areas and emergency personnel brought in to assist with post-storm cleanup.
LABI in ‘triage mode,’ with eye toward long-term recovery
Business owners affected by Hurricane Ida right now primarily are concerned with “primal needs” such as water, ice, fuel and electricity, says Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
Hurricane Ida creating issues for agriculture and ports
The LSU AgCenter is still working to assess the damage to Louisiana agriculture caused by Hurricane Ida, with many fields wrecked by the storm...
Fuel shortage relief on the way as Biden taps petroleum reserve
President Joe Biden said has directed the Department of Energy to use all tools, including the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, to keep gasoline flowing...
Survey shows most Baton Rouge businesses impacted by power outages
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released an analysis of responses to its Hurricane Ida business impact survey, which closed at noon.
The survey collected...
Roundup: Biden talks aid / Utility workers / Oil spills / Construction jobs
Climate crisis help: President Joe Biden today pledged robust federal help to the states battered by Hurricane Ida and for western states beset by...
Will Baton Rouge see a post-Ida boom like it did after Katrina?
Anyone who lived through Hurricane Katrina will remember what life was like in Baton Rouge for several chaotic months after the storm, when thousands of residents and businesses from New Orleans and surrounding parishes temporarily relocated to the area.
