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Banks slow to set up PPP loan forgiveness process, putting businesses in a bind
Some banks aren’t ready to process PPP loan forgiveness applications, Inc. reports, which is going to put a lot of business owners in a...
Virus roundup …
• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard, which showed continued economic recovery for the region. The Capital Region...
Roundup: Hurricane Delta / LSU football / US hirings
State of emergency: Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in advance of Hurricane Delta, which is forecast to make...
Lipsey meets with motel owners, EBRSO to discuss panhandling problem
Businessman Richard Lipsey and representatives from the mayor’s office and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office met late Monday with the owners of three Rieger Road motels that Lipsey and neighboring business owners say have contributed to aggressive panhandling in the Siegen Lane-Rieger Road area.
Baton Rouge mayor’s race poll: Carter, Watson tied for 2nd behind Broome
The Baton Rouge mayoral primary is shaping up to be a three-person race, with Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome far out in front and Republican challengers Steve Carter and Matt Watson neck-in-neck for the No. 2 spot in the December runoff.
Virus roundup …
• LSU is going to start selling alcohol during football games again. LSU Athletics announced today it will open more of its concession stands...
Roundup: ‘Smokie’ Bourgeois dies / ThreeSixtyEight / I-12 widening project
‘Passion and distinction’: Popular restaurateur and former East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council member Rodney “Smokie” Bourgeois died at 78 years on Sunday, WBRZ-TV...
Canadian investment firm buys two Baton Rouge self-storage facilities
A capital investment firm, based out of Calgary, Alberta, bought two self-storage facilities in Baton Rouge last week.
Local investor group to acquire Commerce Community Bank
A group of well-known Baton Rouge investors has signed a deal to acquire Delta Bancshares of Louisiana Inc., the holding company of Commerce Community...
Baton Rouge homeowners vulnerable to foreclosure, report says
Nearly 110,000 Louisiana homeowners were unable to pay on their mortgages in September—including some 15,000 in East Baton Rouge Parish—suggesting that the state could...
The Royal Standard expands into NOLA with French Quarter location
The Royal Standard has opened a new store—its sixth—in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter.
State House-passed bills strike at COVID-19 restrictions
As the nation processed the news that President Donald Trump has COVID-19, Republicans in the Louisiana House on Friday backed a package of measures...
Virus roundup …
• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 889 new COVID-19 cases today and 26 additional deaths.
• Wall Street is easing off its knee-jerk reaction...
Roundup: Ochsner Health / Pennington grant / Peace Corps program
Health care: Ochsner Health has partnered with Singing River Health System to purchase and operate Garden Park Medical Center on the Mississippi coast with...
Metro Council still meeting today, but bar owners paying little attention
The Metro Council is meeting later this afternoon to vote on a resolution that would support the reopening of bars in East Baton Rouge...
Warehouse, parcel operators add thousands of US jobs ahead of holidays
Companies are adding tens of thousands of warehousing jobs as they scale up e-commerce fulfillment and distribution capacity ahead of a high stakes fourth...
Louisiana sees rise in weekly initial unemployment claims
After two weeks of drops, initial unemployment claims in the state rose last week, according to figures released today by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Initial...
Metro Council calls another special meeting to address reopening of bars
After failing Wednesday to pass a resolution supporting East Baton Rouge Parish’s reopening of bars, several Metro Council members have formally called for another...
Parker’s Pharmacy buys former Regions Bank building on Florida Boulevard
The brothers behind Parker’s Pharmacy bought the former Regions Bank building on Florida Boulevard, next door to their existing retail pharmacy, earlier this week.
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