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CPRA unveils coastal master plan with $25B in restoration projects
Officials with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority are forging ahead with a new coastal master plan for 2023, and are now moving into a public comment phase through March.
City-parish saw 3% year-over-year rise in sales and use tax collections in October
The city-parish received $20.66 million from its 2% sales and use tax collections during October, a 2.98% increase over the $20.06 million gathered during...
LSU announces $1.1M in seed funding for faculty research
The LSU Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research will give $1.1 million in faculty research grants to 33 different projects at the university, the...
Consultant Scott Wozniak tells how any company can become a legendary brand
When Swoz Consulting CEO Scott Wozniak was first starting out on his career path he had big dreams and a grand vision. But he...
Roundup: Trash pickup / I-10 crash / US unemployment
Fee increase: The Metro Council on Wednesday finalized a plan that will keep garbage pickups rolling twice a week but with a significant price...
OLOL takeover of LSU Student Health Center pushed back
It will take a month longer than planned for the new operator of LSU’s student clinic to take over its services. A campus spokesperson attributes the delay to a final approval needed from the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Candidates for governor will share their visions for Louisiana’s future at LABI meeting
Republican gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Jeff Landry, Treasurer John Schroder, State Sen. Sharon Hewitt of Slidell and State Rep. Richard Nelson of Mandeville are slated to speak at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s 2023 annual meeting on March 2, LABI announced this morning.
Local attorneys say clients much prefer meeting in person versus virtual platforms
Local attorneys say their clients overwhelmingly prefer to meet in person rather than virtually.
Long-awaited Baton Rouge ExxonMobil plastics plant expansion goes online
State and city-parish officials and ExxonMobil leadership are set to celebrate the startup of the company’s long-awaited polypropylene growth project at its north Baton Rouge plant on Thursday.
BRAC: Capital Region ranks 13th nationally for economic diversity
The Capital Region’s economy is the 13th-most diversified among 384 metro areas nationwide, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.
Xavier, Ochsner Health move step closer to creating state’s fifth medical school
A small, historically Black university known for successfully moving its graduates into medical school says it's a step closer to creating its own medical...
Roundup: BoomNation growth / Fed rate hikes / Adderall shortage
Job connections: Baton Rouge-based startup BoomNation this week reported an 8,000% increase in users of its app in 2022. BoomNation is a platform designed...
Companies hiring employee-experience managers to improve worker productivity
One of the fastest-growing jobs at U.S. companies tackles worker burnout and disengagement.
Agreement spells out how Entergy customers will pay for Hurricane Ida damage
Entergy Louisiana customers, who number roughly 1 million across the state, are going to be paying the $1.4 billion in grid repair costs from...
EBR sees 26% more businesses form in December from a year ago
More new businesses formed in East Baton Rouge Parish during this past December than in December 2021. But total new businesses in the parish for 2022 lagged the previous year’s total, according to the latest numbers released by the city-parish.
Roundup: Drew Maranto / Inflation slowing / Retail sales
State House race: Republican and small business owner Drew Maranto today announced his campaign for Louisiana’s House District 66 in the Oct. 14 election....
Will the MasteryPrep sale help boost the Capital Region’s startup ecosystem?
There’s a good chance you’ve heard MasteryPrep’s origin story by now. Baton Rouge High School graduate Craig Gehring earned perfect scores on the ACT...
Debate swirls over whether state’s insurance crisis warrants a special session
As Louisiana continues to be plagued by insurance woes, with insurers leaving or going out of business in the hurricane-stricken state, some lawmakers say a special legislative session to address the crisis is imminent.
One year after launch, BRAC’s online job board continues to evolve
BR Works, the online job portal launched by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, has garnered 81,500 page views and 13,900 users since it went live one year ago, BRAC announced this morning.
State Rep. Richard Nelson enters governor’s race
State Rep. Richard Nelson, R-Mandeville, who has advocated abolishing the state income tax, officially announced his campaign for governor this morning, USA Today Network...
