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Construction firms dominate Capital Region’s private sector growth
Capital Region private companies are powering ahead—and the numbers speak for themselves.
According to Business Report’s 2025 Top 100 Private Companies list, local businesses collectively...
BTR has added these flights for LSU football games this season
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has announced the addition of nonstop flights from Baton Rouge for four LSU games this season. The flight will be...
Burst of builder incentives fails to spur a turnaround in US new home sales
New home sales in the U.S. remained sluggish in June despite builders offering aggressive incentives to counter high prices and borrowing costs, Bloomberg reports.
Sales...
Mortgage rates dip slightly but borrowing costs remain elevated
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased this week, but offering little relief for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices.
The long-term rate...
How small businesses can better use AI
AI may be hailed as the ultimate productivity tool, but for many small and midsize businesses, that promise has not been delivered, Fast Company...
High expectations: Coach Kelly touts this year’s LSU football roster as his best
LSU head football coach Brian Kelly told a larger-than-usual Rotary Club of Baton Rouge audience Wednesday that the Tigers will take the field this...
Roundup: Cost of chocolate / Home rentals / Chevron layoffs
Hershey raising prices: Hershey, the maker of Reese’s, Whoppers, barkThins and other chocolate candies, said Wednesday that it will raise U.S. retail prices later...
WRKF and LPB search for ways to offset federal funding cuts
Two of Baton Rouge’s public media outlets are bracing for funding cuts after Congress voted July 17 to eliminate $1.1 billion in support for...
High prices and slow sales continue to dominate the US housing market
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and the national...
New name, bigger mission: Here’s how BRAC is reinventing itself
As part of a broad strategic shift, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber is dropping the word “chamber” from its name and leaning more heavily...
Rouses buys Zachary retail center that houses its store; renovation planned
Rouses Supermarkets has purchased the retail center in Zachary anchored by its store.
The company acquired the property through Rouse Land Company LLC from Pennsylvania-based...
When is the best time for a boss to speak in a meeting?
If you’re leading meetings by speaking first, you might be stifling your team without realizing it, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Managers who dominate conversations...
Roundup: Housing market / Bank fraud warning / LNG surge
Ending capital gains tax: President Donald Trump says he is considering a proposal to end capital gains taxes on home sales in a bid...
Hood Container is investing $119M to modernize its St. Francisville paper mill
Hood Container Corp., a family-owned packaging and paper company headquartered in Atlanta, on Tuesday announced that it is investing $118.9 million to modernize its...
‘LaPolitics’: How Cassidy and his foes stack up when it comes to fundraising
When it comes to fundraising for next year’s Senate race, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is lapping the rest of the field.
His team reported more...
Workplace mental health issues are worsening. Here’s why
Financial anxiety is driving a worsening mental health crisis among millennial and Gen Z workers, Fast Company reports.
Surveying 1,000 U.S. employees ages 18 to...
Roundup: DCFS shake-up / Southwest Airlines / Jimmy Buffett’s estate
New leadership: Gov. Jeff Landry announced a leadership shake-up Friday at the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, naming Rebecca Harris as the...
How EV battery component manufacturers are shifting their focus
Big U.S. EV battery makers are stepping back from the market that got them started and betting on a new set of customers in...
Americans are shifting more money into investment accounts
New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that pay an investment income—a trend...
This Zachary shopping center just sold for $2.9M
The Main Street Plaza Shopping Center property in Zachary has changed hands.
Georgia company Randolph Property Group Main St Baton Rouge LLC bought the property...
