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Five years after a split, Mary Bird Perkins and OLOL are entering a new...
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and FMOL Health’s Our Lady of the Lake are renewing their partnership in radiation therapy, five years after the...
It’s official: SpaceX is coming to Louisiana
SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led aerospace company, is investing $100 billion to build a launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish, state officials announced Tuesday morning...
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition CEO Lucas Spielfogel to step down in December
The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition has announced that Lucas Spielfogel will step down as CEO on Dec. 31. Spielfogel, who has served as CEO...
LSU legend Skip Bertman dies at 88
Skip Bertman, the Hall of Fame coach who built LSU baseball into a national powerhouse and later served as the university’s athletic director, died...
See which Capital Region companies made this year’s Inc. 5000 list
Seventeen Capital Region companies landed on this year’s Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America.
Omega Foundation Services, based in Slaughter, was the...
Bernhard Capital Partners strikes $1B deal to acquire Virginia engineering firm
Baton Rouge-based private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Reston, Virginia, engineering and infrastructure services firm Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. in...
LSU Sports Network radio shows will broadcast from a new site. See where
Court to Table, the pickleball and restaurant experience that opened on Burbank Drive last summer, will serve as the new home for LSU Sports...
Louisiana reaches 2 million jobs as construction boom fuels economic growth
Louisiana's economy posted encouraging results in the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record 2.01 million nonfarm jobs in May and remaining above the...
Lenny Lemoine steps down as CEO of Lemoine after more than 25 years
Lenny Lemoine has stepped down as CEO of Lemoine after more than 25 years in the role. Lemoine, one of Louisiana’s largest privately held...
Baton Rouge company steps up to the plate with Chandler Bats acquisition
CoverFour, a Baton Rouge-based sports investment and operating company focused on building high-performance athletic brands, announced Tuesday that it has acquired baseball equipment manufacturer...
Our Lady of the Lake plans new home for Cancer Institute
FMOL Health is planning a new home for the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute. Health system officials say the multimillion-dollar investment is...
Baton Rouge chosen as launch site for Meta’s $115M AI workforce academy
Meta is launching a national workforce training boot camp geared specifically toward training workers for jobs in AI infrastructure—and Baton Rouge is its first...
LSU has named a new provost
LSU on Wednesday announced that Joseph P. Messina will serve as the university’s next senior vice chancellor and provost.
Messina, who was selected for the...
BREC announces its choice for superintendent
The BREC Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize negotiations to hire Brooks Williams as superintendent. The vote followed an executive session during a...
BRAF report outlines road map to move families up the ladder economically
Improving access to education, strengthening workforce pathways and expanding housing affordability rank among the most effective avenues for helping families in poverty or nearing...
Downtown Baton Rouge’s new master plan is here. What’s in it?
After months of research and stakeholder engagement, downtown Baton Rouge’s new master plan has arrived.
Plan Baton Rouge III lays out an ambitious road map...
A Baton Rouge industrial giant is going bigger on nuclear
Turner Industries announced Tuesday it will expand nuclear fabrication capabilities at its facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen, a project expected to create...
SCOTUS sides with oil companies on where Louisiana coastal lawsuits are heard
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed a major win to oil and gas companies in a long-running legal fight over coastal damage in Louisiana,...
Baton Rouge Area Foundation takes ownership of The Newtron Group
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has assumed ownership of The Newtron Group, the foundation announced Thursday, completing a long-planned transition designed by founder Newton...
Lawmakers move to position Louisiana for aerospace investment
A cluster of House bills filed just before this session’s introduction deadline suggests that state leaders may be positioning Louisiana to land a major...
