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Don’t miss the ‘Business Report’ industry-focused Power Breakfast
Business Report is hosting a 2020 Power Breakfast focused on south Louisiana’s industrial sector on April 1.
American Chemistry Council Chief Economist and Managing Director...
LSU AgCenter finalizes deal for St. Gabriel mitigation bank
The LSU AgCenter has finalized a deal with a firm to place nearly 900 acres of property in St. Gabriel into a wetlands mitigation...
Former surgical hospital in north Baton Rouge being converted into behavioral hospital
The former Greater Baton Rouge Surgical Hospital on Howell Boulevard in north Baton Rouge, recently purchased by a Texas firm, will be renovated into...
Consultant to LSU board: “You are doing something right”
A consultant with the organization studying the consolidated leadership structure LSU adopted in 2012 told the Board of Supervisors today that in the eight...
ICYMI: Top stories from ‘Daily Report’ this week
Key news you might have missed:
• Square 46 is on sale for $5M
• Two vaccine exemption bills are filed for the Legislative session...
Get to know: Peggy Scott, 2020 Baton Rouge Business Hall of Fame inductee
There is something magnetic about Peggy Scott. When she talks, her excitement seems to physically travel from her mouth to the fingertips of her...
Roundup: Oil prices plunge / US construction jobs / Series has Baton Rouge ties
Downward slide: Oil benchmark prices per barrel plunged more than 10% to multiyear lows today as OPEC’s allies rejected additional production cuts that the...
DSLD launching townhome development off Burbank
DSLD Homes is now selling its first duplexes at its new townhome development near LSU, The Cottages at University Villas. The company plans to...
Two vaccine exemption bills filed for upcoming Legislative session
While drugmakers around the world are scrambling to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at least two Louisiana lawmakers are pushing bills in...
Baton Rouge named 11th easiest place to buy a home in US
Baton Rouge has been named among the easiest metros in the country to buy a home.
Amid the nation’s low housing inventory, it appears that...
Roundup: Venture Challenge / Flood insurance / Tom Hanks movie
Lasting legacy: The LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business today announced the school has received an endowment in honor of alumnus J Terrell Brown...
Legislative efforts resume to centralize sales tax collections
House Speaker Pro Tem Tanner Magee, R-Houma, is renewing his efforts to centralize sales tax collections in the state, this time taking a sort...
You no longer have to be an accountant to become CFO
CFOs have traditionally emerged from the accounting ranks, with reputations as masters of cost management, corporate finance strategy, accounting standards and reporting requirements. But...
Gov. Edwards: Louisianans monitored for coronavirus not showing symptoms
The Louisianans under observation for the novel coronavirus aren't showing symptoms and may soon be cleared, but the state still is expecting to see...
Why are there so few events at the Raising Cane’s River Center?
Few songs fire up a crowd in the Capital Region like Garth Brooks’ classic rendition of “Callin’ Baton Rouge.” Yet, on the country music...
Baton Rouge officials try to explain why Stantec needs nearly $800K more for MovEBR...
City-parish administrators have been meeting with Metro Council members in recent days to help them better understand why Stantec, one of the program management...
Louisiana’s jobless rate fell last year but was still among nation’s highest
Louisiana saw its annual average unemployment rate drop only slightly last year, to 4.8% from 4.9% in 2018, according to new figures released this...
Baton Rouge wealth managers share investment tips amid coronavirus outbreak
Don’t panic. That’s the general short-term investment advice wealth managers in Baton Rouge have been giving their clients amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Last week,...
Roundup: Sandbag locations / Hand sanitizer shortage / Food stamp changes
Flood preparation: In preparation of today’s severe weather risk, Baton Rouge city leaders have made sandbags available at the following locations: BREC Alsen Park...
Meet the world’s youngest astronaut-in-training, who happens to be from Baton Rouge
Many say they want to be an astronaut when they grow up, but Alyssa Carson took her childhood dream to new heights. Today, the...
