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Roundup: YEA / Services sector growth / Parking lot drive-ins
Pitch contest: Capital Area Finance Authority today announced it has awarded Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge a grant that will provide funding for...
Virus roundup …
• Louisiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations continued a trend of modest decreases today, while the state reported 41 more deaths. The Louisiana Department of Health reported...
Highway Transport announces opening of flagship service center in Geismar
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Highway Transport President and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Franklin announced today the opening of a $12.5 million service center...
Baton Rouge government avoids massive cuts for now, thanks to CARES Act, belt tightening
As the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic deepens, city-parish government is tightening its belt, though federal relief money has so far prevented widespread...
City Group acquires Beausoleil
City Group Hospitality has acquired Beausoleil Restaurant & Bar, a contemporary Louisiana-style eatery in Bocage.
The hospitality group announced the acquisition from the Juban Restaurant...
Ochsner continues work on Baton Rouge expansion projects
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation filed advanced notices last week to Louisiana Economic Development regarding several projects in the works across the Capital Region.
The foundation...
LED launches new entrepreneur mentorship program
Sixteen Louisiana companies are first participants in a new initiative from Louisiana Economic Development to accelerate business growth and develop meaningful relationships among second-stage...
Virus roundup …
• Adults, children and most college students would get a $1,000 stimulus payment through the next congressional COVID-19 relief package in a bill introduced...
Edwards extends phase two restrictions, joins five states in purchase deal for COVID-19 rapid...
Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced plans to extend the current phase two restrictions, which keeps bars closed, masks mandated statewide and indoor gatherings...
Roundup: Sidewalk groundbreaking / Manufacturing report / Honda recall
MovEBR: Mayor Sharon Weston Broome held a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for the first MovEBR construction project, which will build new sidewalks on 72nd...
How Baton Rouge restaurants are dealing with anti-maskers
Still operating at 50% capacity, some restaurants in Baton Rouge are having to deal with another issue: people who refuse to wear face coverings either arguing with their employees or turning away their business.
Roundup: Zachary apartments / Sorrento interchange / Zachary mobile homes
Going vertical: CST Land Developers today announced construction has begun on a $24 million affordable luxury apartment development in Zachary. The Palms at Sunset...
Select ‘Daily Report’ stories will be for Insiders
While most ‘Daily Report’ content will continue to be available to all readers, beginning this month a select number of stories will be for...
Louisiana’s Main Street grant program already processing 9K applications
Nearly 20,000 small businesses around Louisiana initiated applications with the state’s Main Street Recovery Grant Program in just the first four days that the...
Tennessee-based investment group buys six Baton Rouge Popeyes sites
A Nashville-based investment group has scooped up six Baton Rouge-area Popeyes restaurant properties, but it's unclear whether CapitalSpring purchased the land to lease back to the franchisee or if it also acquired the businesses as well.
Virus roundup …
• The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting 1,100 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the state total to 120,846. There were 17 additional deaths...
CEOs to Congress: Small businesses need long-term aid
The top executives of more than 100 companies—including Starbucks, Microsoft and Mastercard—and trade groups are calling on Congress to backstop small businesses facing economic...
Louisiana releases return-to-work safety guidelines for film production
As motion picture productions prepare to resume filming in Louisiana after a months-long pause, LED today released a set of safety guidelines for the...
Oil companies accelerate use of remote drilling and fracking technologies
After cutting thousands of jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, the oil industry is accelerating its embrace of remote drilling and fracking, changes that will...
LSU researchers designing smartphone COVID-19 testing device
A personal smartphone check-up device that will enable individuals to monitor their COVID-19 infection status daily is one of the 18 innovations recently funded...
