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Companies find digital loopholes in NIL rules to allow direct payments to college athletes
Two years after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money off their fame and celebrity, digital technology is allowing some...
First Look: Hollywood Casino’s $80M transformation is complete
Three years in the making, the roughly $80 million transformation of Hollywood Casino into The Queen Baton Rouge is finally finished, with the grand opening of the new gaming facility tonight at 9 p.m.
Baton Rouge restaurants and bars follow national trends of more profitable summer
Walking into a restaurant like Bistro Byronz or Elsie’s Pie and Plate this summer, one might be surprised to hear that Baton Rouge businesses usually see a dip in traffic during the hottest months of the year.
Business owners are increasingly unsatisfied with loans but there’s still hope
Entrepreneurs are becoming more and more frustrated with their business loans and lenders, Inc. reports.
According to a survey from the National Federation of Independent...
Construction of LNG Center for Excellence to begin in October
Construction of the 24,000-square-foot LNG Center for Excellence at McNeese State University is scheduled to begin in October, with completion in late 2024 or...
Roundup: Airline Highway crash / Subway sold / US unemployment
Traffic: The southbound lanes of Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway are closed this morning after a multivehicle crash, WAFB-TV reports.
Private equity buy:...
Louisiana’s riverboat casinos want to lower their target job numbers
The head of Louisiana’s gambling regulatory body expects the state’s riverboat casino operators to request adjustments in the employee numbers included in their state licenses. Some of the hiring goals date back to when venues were originally approved three decades ago and were not adjusted for riverboats that have relocated.
Summer spending at bars and restaurants surges as Americans shrug off inflation
Americans didn’t let persistent inflation and lingering worries about a recession cut into summer spending on dining out and drinking.
Florida Boulevard shopping center sells for $1.1M
The Live Oak Shopping Center on Florida Boulevard, near the Baton Rouge General Mid City campus, has changed hands, according to sales documents filed...
LSU professor touts commercial potential of faculty’s AI research
LSU faculty are doing “amazing” work in artificial intelligence that has significant commercial potential, a university business professor says.
See why this LSU researcher just landed a $2M NIH grant
An LSU chemical engineering professor has received $2 million in funding from a National Institutes of Health grant to develop safer MRI technology.
Assistant professor...
Roundup: Ronald Greene / Heat deaths in Louisiana / Lakeshore Drive
Civil rights case: A noted civil rights attorney is calling for new federal charges in the Louisiana State Police killing of Ronald Greene. Ben...
Last year’s US growth wasn’t as strong as it appeared
Last year’s booming job market wasn’t quite as robust as previously thought, USA Today reports.
Planning Commission OKs splitting land on Jefferson Highway into three tracts
In a contested 5-2 vote, the Planning Commission approved a request on Monday to split property on Jefferson Highway near the Bluebonnet Boulevard intersection into three tracts.
City-parish facing free speech lawsuits regarding Kiran Chawla, Alton Sterling
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to review two lawsuits regarding First Amendment constitutional rights.
See who will manage the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery
Effective Sept. 1, Regina Davis, will oversee the refinery at the ExxonMobil Product Solutions Complex on Scenic Highway. Davis replaces David Oldreive, who has held the position since 2021.
Roundup: UPS deal / Mortgage applications / Oil prices
Approved: The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month, putting a...
Dow Chemical settled with state over alleged violations days before explosion
Just days before the explosion at the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine last month, a state agency reached a settlement with Dow that allows the company to forgo hundreds of thousands in fines for a decade of alleged permit violations.
Is the Fed’s benchmark rate high enough to slow growth and tame inflation?
A year ago, Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark warning: To fight persistently high inflation, the Federal Reserve would continue to sharply raise interest...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General and Mary Bird Perkins...
Keeping up with preventive screenings is important, but in between, listen to your body for possible early warning signs and symptoms. Of course, not...
