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Solar industry braces for slower growth in 2024
After a record-setting year, solar industry growth is expected to slow next year Reuters reports.
The U.S. is expected to add a record 33 gigawatts...
A former LSU professor is accused of unlawful lobbying
A former LSU professor has been accused of allegedly using a graduate assistant with whom he reportedly had a romantic relationship to lobby the...
Roundup: Seafood fees / Recycling bankruptcy / Robocalls
Not local: The state’s Imported Seafood Safety Task Force met Wednesday and proposed new licensing requirements as well as an increase in fees charged...
Front-line workers unbothered by remote workers
Flexibility has always been extremely tough to come by for front-line workers, but these employees—who make up 58% of America’s workforce—aren’t envious for hybrid...
Happy’s Irish Pub finds a new downtown home
Happy’s Irish Pub in downtown Baton Rouge has signed a new lease and will be moving across Third Street into the former home of...
West Feliciana foundry plans $7.4M modernization project
Howell Foundry, an industrial metal casting company, is investing $7.4 million to upgrade its processing facility in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Economic Development announced.
The...
Lawsuit alleges members of Landry’s transition team operated illegal waste dump
A co-chair on Gov.-elect Jeff Landry’s coast and environment transition team has been embroiled in litigation for nearly a decade, reports Louisiana Illuminator, because...
Roundup: Transition team / Alien-themed McDonalds / Stock market
Meet the peeps: Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has named former Republican governor's race rival state Rep. Richard Nelson as his secretary of the Department...
Founders of The Healing Sole preparing to sell brand
The founders and owners of The Healing Sole are preparing to sell the Baton Rouge-based orthopedic footwear company.
Co-owner Natalie Noel, who started the company...
Following cancer care dispute, Pennington foundation boosts BRG’s arts program
The Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Family Foundation is donating $130,000 to the Baton Rouge General Foundation’s Arts in Medicine program, BRG announced today.
The...
When low turnover becomes an issue
People are leaving jobs more slowly these days—and it’s hurting companies, reports Fast Company.
A record 4.4 million workers voluntarily quit their jobs at the...
Mortgage refinance demand spikes as rates fall
After surging over 8% in October, mortgage rates are falling back toward 7% again, and that is jump-starting the refinance market, reports CNBC.
Last week,...
Roundup: Crime task force / NDAs / MyBR app
Absentee: About a month before Gov.-elect Jeff Landry takes office, a state panel he helped set up to find ways to lower Louisiana’s crime...
How should Baton Rouge evolve? The Metro Council considers a plan today
The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council today will take up the five-year update to FuturEBR, the master plan for Baton Rouge and the...
Grace Hebert Curtis acquires Florida architectural firm
Bernhard Capital-backed Grace Hebert Curtis Architects announced today it has acquired BSSW Architects Inc., one of the largest architecture firms in the southwest Florida...
How Capital Region companies are using AI
While artificial intelligence and machine learning has been around for years, advances with the technology in the past year have made AI one of...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Understanding type 1 diabetes
An estimated 1.45 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, once commonly known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes. It is a chronic, incurable condition...
Here’s the latest update involving the I-10 widening
Louisiana transportation officials plan to maintain three lanes in each direction during the next stage of the Interstate 10 widening project, the state Department...
New federal rule requires oil and gas industry to monitor for methane leaks
A new federal rule issued Saturday targets the oil and gas industry’s methane emissions, which experts say are a primary culprit in global warming...
Roundup: Exxon/Mobil plan / CVS drug prices / Wells Fargo
Under scrutiny: U.S. antitrust enforcers are investigating ExxonMobil’s plan to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources, which would be the largest oil-and-gas deal in two decades,...
