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Virus roundup …
• Gov. John Bel Edwards, prompted by rising numbers of COVID-19 cases across the state, took to social media to urge Louisianans to implement...
Roundup: Federal Reserve / Data hack / Carter endorsement
Lending programs: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday defended his decision to end several of the Federal Reserve’s key pandemic lending programs on...
’Fraud’ is four-letter word in SBA loan investigations
The Small Business Administration, facing mounting scrutiny over how it doled out checks from a $212 billion pandemic relief program, has privately directed employees...
Tiger Pride Podcast: What can we expect from LSU after two weeks off?
If we would have told you a year ago (or even just a few months ago) that LSU would enter the Arkansas game as...
Will political polarization stop companies from backing social causes?
Companies eyeing the polarized election and its aftermath may be tempted to back away from supporting hot-button social issues. But experts say sitting on...
Despite lease uptick, interest in Gulf oil drilling remains low
Oil industry interests expressed optimism after Wednesday's Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracted more winning bids than the last one.
Companies submitted $121 million in...
Virus roundup …
• The state health department today reported 2,073 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths, bringing the statewide total to 6,199. Hospitalizations also rose...
Roundup: EDA grant / Newspapers sold / Early voting
LED recipient: U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, today announced the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $2.4 million CARES...
White Light Night is still on, though with new restrictions
It’s that time of the year: White Light Night is here. Mid City’s annual art hop is continuing on this Friday evening, though with...
Greater Baton Rouge sees less inventory, more home sales in October
Despite a 36.5% decrease in inventory, the Greater Baton Rouge area—including East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes—saw more home sales in October than...
Office downsizings, predicted for months, starting to hit Baton Rouge
After nearly 10 months of working remotely, Center for Planning Excellence President and CEO Camille Manning Broome decided her team no longer needed all...
Plans for Bluebonnet apartment complex deferred amid neighborhood opposition
The Planning Commission deferred until December considering the site plans for a proposed apartment complex on Bluebonnet Boulevard, at the intersection of Burbank Drive.
Baton Rouge Police budget with pay raises goes before Metro Council today
The Metro Council will be briefed later today on a proposed 2021 budget for the Baton Rouge Police Department that would reorganize certain BRPD divisions, eliminate a handful of positions through attrition and change the way some overtime pay is allocated—moves that would ultimately save $1.8 million to fund a 3% across-the-board pay raise for officers
PPP wasn’t enough to save hundreds of companies from bankruptcy
Nearly 300 companies that received as much as half a billion dollars in Paycheck Protection Program funds have filed for bankruptcy, according to a...
Sasol completes Lake Charles Chemical Complex
Sasol’s $12.8 billion Lake Charles Chemicals Complex is now complete, becoming fully operational over the weekend.
The LDPE unit is the seventh and final unit...
Virus roundup …
• More than 11,000 people in Louisiana have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week, prompting new rounds of worry from Gov. John...
Roundup: Mayoral debate / SEC football / Recycling goals
Postponed: The mayoral debate scheduled to air on WBRZ-TV this evening has been postponed because someone with ties to one of the candidates tested...
Gulf oil production takes a hit from record hurricane season
The series of hurricanes this year pushed offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico down more than 25% in August to 1.2 million...
Can companies require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
For business owners looking to get their employees back to the office, there's light at the end of the pandemic tunnel: A COVID-19 vaccine...
Alford: State lawmaker pitching highway plan funded through gasoline tax hike
In roughly two weeks State Rep. Jack McFarland will hit the road to sell his plan to reform Louisiana’s highway funding formula. His target...
