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Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Turnkey cold storage facility near...
Now available for sale, 601 Neosho Ave. is a ±51,962-square-foot cold storage facility currently utilized as the headquarters of Baton Rouge Shrimp Co. and...
Film industry tax credit program clears House committee
An extension of Louisiana’s film tax credit program passed through the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday.
LSU’s decades-old faculty governance problem may get a virtual solution
LSU faculty governance is paralyzed by a decades-old oversight system, but a new legislative proposal has stumbled upon a potential solution.Â
Roundup: Storming the field / Economic predictions / Savings ratesÂ
Harsher punishment: The Southeastern Conference is looking at possibly taking away home games or forcing forfeiture for teams whose fans storm the field, rather...
Business leaders’ tone deaf comments are going viralÂ
Several business leaders went viral this week after their attempts at encouragement were received by employees as vitriolic and tone deaf, Axios reports.Â
Orion Instruments will lay off 73 workers by the end of the year
Baton Rouge-based Orion Instruments will lay off 73 employees by the end of 2023, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with...
Metro Council may ‘ban the box’ for contractors
The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council will consider making it easier for job applicants with criminal histories to get hired by city-parish contractors.Â
Roundup: US debt limit vote / Retail bankruptcies / Chevy recallÂ
Raising the ceiling: Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday that the House would vote on his spending and debt bill this...
Hotel off Siegen changes hands for $3.85M
Siegen Inn on Honore Lane has changed hands for $3.85 million, according to documents with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office.
How to prepare for Google’s analytics shift
Big changes are coming to the world of user data analytics and business owners should consider being proactive with their analytics processes.
Employees turning to their companies for help in paying down student debtÂ
More workers are turning to their company’s benefits to pay down their student loans as businesses big and small adopt expanded debt-repayment benefit policies,...
Home improvement contractors could become extinct in LouisianaÂ
The bill would essentially eliminate the licenses of the roughly 3,200 home improvement contractors in Louisiana, Rep. Bryan Fontenot, R-Thibodaux, says. Â
Senate committee will begin debating tax proposals on Monday
Several of the tax proposals filed in the state Senate will be taken up by the Senate’s Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee on Monday as legislators gear up to make the most of the odd-numbered year that allows them to tackle tax issues.
Capital Region gains 2,700 jobs in March
The Capital Region saw the most job growth in March of any of the state's nine metropolitan statistical areas, according to the latest seasonally...
With rain in the forecast, Live After Five moving indoors to The Tunnel
​​The second Live After Five concert for the spring season has been moved indoors thanks to expectations of bad weather, the Downtown Business Association...
Roundup: Banking oversight / Insulin lawsuit / LSU police chief
New tools: The Treasury Department’s risk oversight arm today proposed new tools for spotting issues in the U.S. financial system, more than a month...
Louisiana’s combined local and state sales tax remains the nation’s highest
Louisianans are paying a bigger percentage of sales tax than anyone else in the U.S. at nearly 10%
The Face Place medical spa opens on Perkins Road
New medical spa The Face Place opened in the Garden District on Perkins Road last month, but its owners don’t want it to feel like a doctor’s office.
New medical spa The Face Place opened in the Garden District on Perkins Road last month, but its owners don’t want it to feel like a doctor’s office.
How to communicate difficult news with your team
It’s natural to want to dodge the tough work of sharing bad news with your team at work.Â
After all, who wants to tell a...
Louisiana’s mortgage delinquency rate has fallen more than 10% in past year
The number of delinquent mortgages in Louisiana fell from 6.7% in February to 6.61% in March, but that rate is still the nation’s second highest.
