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These local restaurants and caterers are dishing up Thanksgiving sides and desserts
A growing trend among Thanksgiving home cooks is supplementing the annual Turkey Day meal with a few dishes from local restaurants and caterers. Passing...
Roundup: First freeze / Best US airport / Folgers lawsuit
Protect your pets: The Baton Rouge area is expected to see its first widespread freeze of the fall/winter season overnight. Temperatures will dip to...
How hypnosis can make you a better leader
Despite David Wachs’ success as founder of Phoenix-based robotics company Handwrytten, he says he's struggled with managing stress and operating in a "reactive state."
To...
Baton Rouge General, Ochsner BR get ‘A’ grades for safety
Baton Rouge General Medical Center and Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge both received “A” grades in a new report regarding safety at general...
White Light Night returns to Mid City this weekend
Celebrate local artists, makers, businesses, restaurants and more at this year’s White Light Night, hosted by Mid City Merchants. This Friday, Nov. 18, Mid...
Sherwood Pointe shopping center sells for $1.6M
The Sherwood Pointe shopping center on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard has sold for $1.6 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish...
Roundup: Starbucks strike / Minimum prices / Housing starts
Labor action: Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike today in what would be the largest labor action...
US initial jobless claims drop slightly
Filings for U.S. unemployment insurance fell slightly last week and remained near historically low levels amid a still-tight labor market, The Wall Street Journal...
Tech layoffs don’t guarantee job cuts imminent in other sectors
Tech company layoffs are not expected to prompt a tsunami of job losses in other industries, The Washington Post (subscription) reports, but they are...
Lawmakers briefed on state sales tax as they weigh changes in April session
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Legislative Fiscal Office presented lawmakers with information on the state's sales tax Wednesday as they prepare...
Shoppers can expect full shelves this holiday season as supply issues fade
Easing supply-chain pressures mean American consumers can look forward to their first normal holiday season in three years, industry executives and analysts say. They...
LSU study projects state will add 3,500 oil and gas jobs by Q2 of...
Louisiana’s oil and gas sector is expected to gain 3,500 jobs by the second quarter of next year, according to the latest edition of the LSU Center for Energy Studies’ Gulf Coast Energy Outlook.
LWF moves its headquarters to Bluebonnet Boulevard
Louisiana Wildlife Federation, or LWF, has moved its headquarters into a new space on Bluebonnet Boulevard.
LWF Executive Director Rebecca Triche says that the organization...
BRAC Handshake report card updates effort to retain college graduates
BRAC partnered with LSU and Southern in 2020 to use Handshake, a nationwide digital job board, to help connect students to jobs in the region.
Roundup: Agriculture aid / Schools perform better / LABI staff changes
Declaration request: Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking the federal government to make a disaster declaration for several Louisiana parishes where farmers were hit...
Steve Scalise, Mike Johnson give Louisiana additional clout in new US House
Republican Louisiana U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson will be among the leaders at the seat of power in the next GOP-controlled House...
90% of US counties dealt with weather disaster in last decade
Ninety percent of US counties suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published today.
Some endured as many as 12...
Regions Bank joins companies offering tuition assistance as employee perk
Regions Bank announced today that its full- and part-time associates can now earn a tuition-free college degree at partnering universities such as LSU.
Roundup: Downtown initiative kicks off / Mortgage rate drop / Retail sales rise
Staying past 5 p.m.: A new push to get downtown workers to stay longer before heading home called Work Downtown Play Downtown kicks off...
Lack of child care is keeping a record number of parents out of work
More than 100,000 Americans missed work last month because of child care problems, an all-time high that’s even greater than during the height of...
