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BRAC: How to deal with unemployment insurance and PPP
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released updated guidance for businesses dealing with questions about when and whether to bring employees back onto payroll...
LSU cybersecurity expert: How to protect your children online
Children who are spending more time using web-based tools and applications while stuck at home could be exposing themselves to a new batch of...
Virus roundup …
• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has two webinars scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday about best practices for returning to work and how...
Roundup: Oil glut fallout / Construction jobs report / J.C. Penney
Ripple effects: The coronavirus battle and the world oil glut could cost cities, parishes and school boards in Louisiana anywhere from $404 million to...
Tension increases as John Bel Edwards nears decision on reopenings
Republican members of Louisiana's U.S. House delegation have urged Gov. John Bel Edwards to allow a phased reopening of shuttered state businesses on a...
PPP round two running more smoothly for small businesses
Contrary to predictions that the Paycheck Protection Program would run through a second round of funding before most applicants received their loan, the small...
Restaurant owners talk about latest changes and reopening hopes
Gov. John Bel Edwards‘ stay-at-home order was extended to May 15, and with it came some changes and a little glimmer of hope for...
Baton Rouge revenues projected to come in $23M short; no layoffs yet planned
The coronavirus crisis and economic shutdown it has caused will take an estimated $23 million toll on city-parish finances—about 7% of the general fund...
Initial jobless claims drop in Louisiana; continued claims rise
While the number of people initially filing for unemployment fell last week, continued claims rose.
Initial unemployment insurance claims for last week dropped to 50,941,...
Airline Plaza Shopping Center in Prairieville sells for $3.1M
The Airline Plaza Shopping Center along Airline Highway in Prairieville has been sold for $3.1 million to a local investor.
In a deal that closed...
Lawsuit protection, tort reform, ITEP rollback are top priorities for recovery task force
After three weeks and countless hours of virtual meetings, the Louisiana Economic Recovery Task Force—a pro-business group formed by legislative leaders in April to...
Virus roundup …
• The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced a purchasing collaboration with Lyons Specialty Company LLC to source and supply personal protective equipment to...
Roundup: Saints’ season opener / Cox Communications / BRCC chancellor
Is it football season yet? The New Orleans Saints will open the 2020 NFL season at home in the Mercedes Benz Superdome against NFC...
SBA slashes size of disaster loans, shuts out most new EIDL applicants
An emergency disaster lending program for small businesses has been so overwhelmed by demand that it has significantly limited the size of loans it...
LSU board gets consultants’ report on how to restructure leadership
Clear divisions emerged on the LSU Board of Supervirsors this afternoon near the end of a specially called virtual meeting to discuss the future...
COVID-19 could reimagine the gig economy
The emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus has spotlighted the gig economy, showcasing not only the good of it, but also the bad...
OLOL, other providers see huge increases in telemedicine visits
Local health care providers are gradually beginning to see patients again for nonemergency procedures. But if statistics from some local clinics and hospitals are...
Alford: Budget benchmarks to watch in legislative session
“We’re going to hit it head-on.”
That’s what House Appropriations Chairman Zee Zeringue, R-Houma, told Jeremy Alford last week when asked how his committee intended...
Virus roundup …
• As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an...
Want that PPP loan forgiven? Accounting tips you need to know
Following public controversy related to several large national businesses receiving multimillion PPP loans, the Small Business Administration will now audit certain multimillion-dollar loans.
Borrowers who...
