GET DAILY REPORT FREE
Bridge Center scheduled to open in December
The Bridge Center for Hope is slated to open its doors to the public sometime in December, after construction on the 24,000-square-foot facility is expected to wrap in mid-November.
‘Business Report’ webinar: Preventive care key to lowering employer-provided health insurance costs long term
Health insurance prices continue to rise for myriad reasons, including growing pharmaceutical drug costs, and, while there isn't much companies can do for short-term...
Virus roundup …
• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 744 new COVID-19 cases today and 12 additional deaths from the virus. Meanwhile, hospitalizations and ventilator use...
Legislative special session winds down after GOP deal on virus oversight
Now that Republicans in Louisiana's House and Senate have muscled through a deal to give themselves the ability to nullify Gov. John Bel Edwards'...
CEOs increasingly see sustainability as path to profitability
More CEOs are embracing the idea that a company’s environmental, social and governance practices will play a role in its future success, The Wall...
Roundup: LSU football self-imposes penalties / Metro Council / Shipyard expansion
Reckoning: LSU is self-imposing penalties for rules violations and hoping the NCAA doesn’t levy more, Sports Illustrated reports. The school is docking itself eight...
Arkel International expands footprint with acquisition of DC-area engineering firm
Baton Rouge-based Arkel International, an industrial and infrastructure services company, has acquired AED Stratecon, a Maryland-based engineering, asset and facilities management firm with an...
Climate expert: South Louisiana faces particularly grim future
U.S. coastal communities could begin to experience 100-year floods on an annual basis by 2050 due to rising sea levels caused by climate change,...
French-inspired dessert shop opens on Essen Lane
A husband-and-wife team has opened a French-inspired dessert shop on Essen Lane, near Anselmo Lane.
Virus roundup …
• The coronavirus pandemic has left about 285,000 more people dead in the U.S. than would be expected in a typical year, two-thirds of...
Pushed to January, BREW expected to be hybrid virtual, in-person event
Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, which typically kicks off in November, is being pushed back to Jan. 19-21, NexusLA announced today.
Furthermore, the three-day series, which...
Roundup: Google update / Hurricane shelters / Sen. Bill Cassidy
Louisiana is in: The Trump administration was poised to sue Google on Tuesday, in what is the largest antitrust case against a tech company...
Louisiana Senate president defends special session despite stalemate
Louisiana Senate President Page Cortez said today that lawmakers are "at a little bit of a stalemate" on their path to curb the governor's...
BRAC economic indicators highlight recovery gap among wage earners
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that examines and assesses the impact of the pandemic on the regional...
Coyote Moon owners expand with sister store on Jefferson Highway
The owners of Coyote Moon Crystals & Gifts, a spiritual boutique on Perkins Road, have opened a new sister shop in the Goodwood Village shopping center on Jefferson Highway, near Government Street.
Dueling GOP endorsements points to split in Baton Rouge mayor’s race
While Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has picked up endorsements from most of the parish’s Democratic elected officials and enjoys a strong lead in the...
Deal would turn ConocoPhillips into one of nation’s largest oil producers
ConocoPhillips is buying shale oil producer Concho Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $9.7 billion, making it a major presence in the Permian...
Virus roundup …
• The state health department reported 202 new COVID-19 cases today, and 16 more deaths. Additionally, hospitalizations and ventilator use has gone up, with...
State lawmakers still pressing to avoid hike in unemployment fund tax
Louisiana legislators continue to try and shield businesses and workers from tax increases set to kick in because of a low unemployment fund balance,...
Louisiana company looks to build underground repository to store carbon gas
A Louisiana company plans to create a deep underground repository to store up to 80 million tons of carbon gas now released into the...
