GET DAILY REPORT FREE
Biden wants to step down the ‘step-up’ on investment gains
A landmark proposal in President Biden’s newly announced American Families Plan would end the long-standing tax exemption for investment appreciation when a taxpayer dies....
Five Baton Rouge companies make LED’s 2021 Louisiana Growth Leaders list
Baton Rouge-based ThreeSixtyEight, BBQGuys, Mastery Prep, ITinspired and Genesis 360 were named among Louisiana Economic Development’s 10 Louisiana Growth Leaders for 2021.
LED honored the...
New Baton Rouge bookstore Red Stick Reads wants to be a community hangout
A Baton Rouge couple have taken advantage of the pandemic to turn their love of books and reading into a business.
Teresa and James Hyfield...
Homebuilding begins at The Lakes at Harveston as fitness center completed
Mike Wampold and John Fetzer have completed construction on a $6.5 million clubhouse and fitness center at the Lakes at Harveston, the second residential development in their planned community at Nicholson Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard.
Taylor Porter asks judge to dismiss LSU associate AD’s RICO case against firm
Taylor Porter is asking a federal judge to toss the claims against it made in a civil RICO and Title IX lawsuit filed earlier...
Bill allowing college athletes to profit off their names heads to Louisiana Senate
Louisiana state senators today moved forward with legislation that would allow college student athletes to earn money for use of their name, image or...
Louisiana lawmakers plan $1,000 pay raises for K-12 teachers
Louisiana lawmakers intend to give K-12 public school teachers a $1,000 pay raise next year, more than double the amount proposed by Gov. John...
Roundup: Knock Knock reopening / Grace Hebert Curtis / NOLA restrictions
Back in business: Knock Knock Children’s Museum this morning announced it plans to reopen to the public in June after more than a year...
TRENDS: Existing challenges only grew for retail sector in 2020
While the pandemic did not decimate the retail sector as much as one might have predicted last year at this time, it hastened trends that were underway before the onset of COVID-19: Vacancy rates in local shopping centers increased to more than 10% for the first time since 2014, and the growth of online shopping exploded at an unprecedented pace.
TRENDS: 2020 was a ‘fantastic market’ for residential real estate
While the past year has thrown a wrench in some sectors of the local real estate market, the residential sector is in the midst...
Dardenne says he’s not upset at being passed over for LSU president’s job
Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says he is not bitter that the LSU Presidential Search Committee did not name him to the short list of finalists for the university’s top job.
Shoppers, many armed with stimulus money, returning to malls in droves
Vaccinated shoppers are heading back to the mall, offering hope that the worst of the pandemic downturn is over for this beleaguered industry, The...
Roundup: Contractors seminar / Concealed carry bills / LSU sports
Register now: Enrollment is now open for the Louisiana Contractors Accreditation Institute Residential Contractors Seminar. LCAI’s latest residential contractors seminar will be conducted remotely...
Baton Rouge loses 12% of constructions jobs over past 12 months
Construction employment decreased by 12%, or 5,900 jobs, in the Baton Rouge area from March 2020 to March 2021.
Bill to make Louisiana fossil fuel sanctuary state comes with risks
An attorney for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources said today that a bill to make Louisiana a fossil fuel sanctuary state could jeopardize...
Paula Pennington de la Bretonne‘s son to pay $10.7M after pleading guilty in health...
A federal judge in New Orleans has set an Aug. 11 sentencing date for Baton Rouge resident Christopher Blackstone and two New Orleans-area co-defendants,...
Effort to clean up Baton Rouge watershed scores small victory in Legislature
A growing group of interested stakeholders dedicated to cleaning up litter in Baton Rouge scored a small victory at the Legislature today, when a Senate committee passed a measure “urging and requesting” the state Department of Environmental Quality do a feasibility study on a comprehensive stormwater master plan.
Democrats file suit asking state court to prepare for taking over redistricting process
A lawsuit filed by eight southeast Louisiana Democrats says a New Orleans judge should prepare now to redraw the state's congressional district map because...
Two Baton Rouge public high schools make Louisiana’s top 10
Two Baton Rouge public high schools are among Louisiana’s top 10 schools, according to the latest ranking from U.S. News and World Report.
Liberty...
Baton Rouge ranks in bottom 10% of emerging housing market index
Baton Rouge came in at No. 281 in The Wall Street Journal’s new emerging housing market index, which ranks 300 residential real estate markets....
