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More businesses moving away from remote work
At the start of 2022, workers were in a strong position to ask for higher pay and better working conditions as employers scrambled to...
Effort to offer sports betting at kiosks in bars and restaurants scrapped
Louisiana's sports betting industry is booming on mobile apps and in casinos, but the plan to make retail sports wagering kiosks available to local...
A&B Labs moving satellite facility from Prairieville to Baton Rouge
Houston-based A&B Labs is moving its Capital Region presence from Prairieville to Baton Rouge.
Crumbl Cookies will open two more Baton Rouge-area locations
Crumbl Cookies is set to open new locations in the Baton Rouge market in April.
Roundup: Dearman’s owner dies / Student loan forgiveness / Pharmacist shortage
Diner open: David Van Gelder, owner of Baton Rouge staple Dearman’s Diner and Soda Fountain, died Wednesday, Jan. 18. Van Gelder, 70, owned the...
Inflation eases in December as consumer spending drops
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell—the latest evidence that the Fed's series of interest rate hikes...
‘LaPolitics’: Will hemp law be repealed?
Legislators are working quietly behind the scenes to potentially repeal all or part of a law that was authored by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder to promote the production and sale of industrial hemp and related products.
PJ’s Coffee partnering with high schools for franchises
Louisiana-based PJ’s Coffee is looking to the youth for future franchise growth, reports Fast Company.
Louisiana businesses have a new tech-based flood insurance option
London-based company FloodFlash is now offering its data-driven flood insurance coverage to Louisiana businesses.
Baton Rouge-based online home sales platform expands to Mississippi
Baton Rouge-based Falaya, an online home-selling platform, is expanding into Mississippi, the company’s founder and CEO says.
Roundup: Pregnancy expenses / Lee Michaels / Mortgage rates
Cost-sharing bill: State Rep. Larry Frieman, R-Abita Springs, has filed a bill to make fathers pay at least half of pregnancy-related expenses in Louisiana....
Sick days are going the way of the dodo
While the pandemic has killed the notion of encouraging sick employees to show up and power through, it's become more commonplace for them to stay home but log on, Inc. reports.
What the NFL playoffs have in common with tech layoffs
To understand the forces behind the recent layoffs that have ravaged the tech industry, it helps to start with a surprising decision by one...
Washington Mardi Gras has Louisiana politicos partying in DC
Ahead of a state special session on insurance next week, many of Louisiana’s elected officials, business leaders and state lobbyists decamped to Washington, D.C.,
United Built Homes sells its Harrells Ferry office location for $1.5M
Shreveport company United Built Homes LLC has sold its 3-acre Baton Rouge location for $1.5 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.
Capital Region home sellers saw 36% median ROI in 2022
Sellers realized a $60,000 profit for the median home sale in the Baton Rouge metro area last year, which represents a 36.4% return on investment, new data shows.
Roundup: More tech layoffs / Unemployment falls / GDP growth
IBM cuts 3,900: IBM and SAP have joined a slew of other tech giants cutting thousands of jobs in response to the slowing global...
Business coalition pushing for expanded Pell Grants for jobs training
A group of businesses and education and training providers is asking Congress to expand Pell Grants to cover short-term programs to support credentialling and upskilling for workers, Inside Higher Ed reports.
How to protect intellectual property minus noncompete agreements
Noncompete agreements have long been used by companies to protect intellectual property, but the Federal Trade Commission last week proposed a ban on the...
Entrepreneurship booming despite recession fears
New data shows that the explosion of entrepreneurial activity in 2021 continued last year, even as inflation and recession fears soared, Axios reports.
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