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Gifford Briggs leaving LOGA; Mike Moncla named interim president
The Louisiana Oil & Gas Association today announced that Gifford Briggs, who has been with the association since 2007, will depart Sept. 11. Mike...
Urban League of Louisiana, Hancock Whitney launch entrepreneurial program
The Urban League of Louisiana, in partnership with Hancock Whitney, today announced it is accepting applications from Baton Rouge-based businesses for its Scale Up!...
Roundup: $1.7M land sale / Sasol still shut down / BRG supplies drive /...
92 acres: Nearly 100 acres along the Mississippi River has been sold to a Baton Rouge-registered group. Charles Lesly Flowers Credit Shelter Trust and...
Hurricane Laura property damage estimates range from $8B to $12B
Hurricane Laura caused as much as $12 billion in wind and surge damage to more than 500,000 insured residential and commercial properties, according to...
Virus roundup …
• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 326 new cases Monday, the lowest single-day total since June 8, but the state closed community drive-through...
BBQGuys sells to new ownership group
The owners of BBQGuys, one of Baton Rouge’s homegrown success stories and an early leader nationwide in online retail, have sold the company they founded in 1998 to a group led by one of their own top executives.
Hotel boost from Laura expected to outweigh economic impact of closures
While financial figures won’t be available for a few weeks, local economic experts say the positive economic impact from evacuees that sought shelter from Hurricane Laura in Baton Rouge will probably outweigh any local losses from cautionary closures.
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana is reporting 627 news COVID-19 cases Friday, and 30 additional deaths, according to WBRZ-TV. Hospitalizations rose by 24, reaching 900 across the...
Proving how a worker contracts COVID-19 is a tough legal hurdle
While workers and customers are contracting COVID-19, legally it is hard to prove exactly where the person contracted the virus. So far this detail...
Investigators uncover $62M in PPP fraud, say it’s just the beginning
The criminal complaints read like catalogs of luxury bling: a diamond-laden $52,000 Rolex, a gambling spree at the Bellagio, two Lamborghinis, a pair of...
NexusLA launches virtual event series to improve equity in entrepreneurship
NexusLA has launched a virtual event series in an effort to provide “a platform and open dialogue discussion space” that will allow the local...
Roundup: Thousands without power / BRAF raising funds / Electric vans
Laura’s impact: Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, and officials warned that basic services could be...
Baton Rouge area adds jobs in July, but sees steep year-over-year losses
Baton Rouge’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate totaled 9.1% in July, down from 9.6% in June but up significantly from 5.1% last year, according...
OLOL Foundation Senior Director Danny Fields exits to launch consulting company
After nearly 14 years at Our Lady of the Lake Foundation, local fundraiser Danny Fields, who helped lead the campaign to build the OLOL...
Weather roundup …
• The state says four people have died in Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Laura, WBRZ-TV reports.
• East Baton Rouge City-Parish offices will...
Some restaurants, grocers see deliveries surge during hurricane threat
Some Baton Rouge restaurants and grocery stores that remained open Wednesday night saw a surge in deliveries through third-party apps like Waitr—especially to local hotels, which were filled to 100% capacity with guests who evacuated from Hurricane Laura.
BREC touts clean 2019 audit
BREC announced today it has received the cleanest rating an agency can obtain, from an audit of its 2019 financial statements.
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor...
Roundup: Fed prioritizes jobs / Mortgage rates drop / Amazon grocery store
New strategy: As predicted, the Federal Reserve today rolled out a sweeping rewrite of its approach to monetary policy, putting new weight on bolstering...
Oil industry assessing infrastructure in Texas, Louisiana in wake of Laura
The energy industry is assessing damages caused by storm surges and high winds as Hurricane Laura cut across the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana.
Oil...
Turner, H&E facilities in Lake Charles escape the worst of Hurricane Laura
Work crews from Baton Rouge-based Turner Industries are in the Lake Charles area today, assessing the damage to their 4,000-person facility there and just...
