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Vacant 140,000-square-foot Florida Boulevard property sells
A former call center property on Florida Boulevard has a new owner.
Direct Administration Inc. has acquired the former Direct Auto and Life Insurance call...
Twenty years after Katrina, Trump’s FEMA policies face scrutiny
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina raised serious questions about the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, some current and former...
Shipping firm fined $2M for Gulf oil dumping and cover-up
A shipping company on Thursday pleaded guilty to dumping oily waste into the Gulf and attempting to cover it up. The U.S. Attorney’s Office...
’LaPolitics’: Bond Commission drills down on construction costs
The State Bond Commission approved funding for two affordable housing developments in New Orleans, after several months of pushing the developers to justify the...
US mortgage rates reach their lowest level in nearly a year
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage slipped this week to its lowest level in 10 months, but remains close to where it’s...
What BTR expects its holiday weekend travel numbers to look like
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is expecting slightly higher passenger volume for the Labor Day travel period compared to last year.
Assistant Aviation Director Louis Hubbard...
EU looks to scrap tariffs on US industrial goods as part of a wider...
The European Commission on Thursday proposed removing tariffs on U.S. industrial goods as part of a trade deal that would also reduce American duties...
Trump says Meta data center will make Louisiana a national hub for AI
President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry say Meta’s massive artificial intelligence data center in Richland Parish will transform the state into a...
Roundup: ‘The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’ / Walgreens / Roseland explosion
Goodbye to print: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publisher and President Andrew Morse announced Thursday that the publication will stop producing a print newspaper at the end...
South Korean manufacturers to establish $59M facility in West Baton Rouge
South Korea’s SNT Motiv and SNT Energy, the parent companies of SNT Global, on Thursday announced that they are investing $59.4 million in a...
Metro Council authorizes LSU district taxes amid arena speculation
The Metro Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to authorize two new taxes in LSU’s economic development district—specifically, a 1% sales and use tax and...
The US economy saw stronger growth in Q2 than initially thought
Thanks to consumers who stepped up their spending despite jitters over President Donald Trump’s trade war, the U.S. economy’s rebound in the second quarter...
Louisiana calls on the Supreme Court to reject race in redistricting
Louisiana on Wednesday abandoned its defense of a political map that elected two Black members of Congress and instead called on the Supreme Court...
How LSU’s Russell Crook plans to shape the next generation of business leaders
When Russell Crook took the helm as dean of LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business in July, he inherited the task of shaping the...
Ousted Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump to reverse her firing
Lisa Cook, a governor on the Federal Reserve Board, sued President Donald Trump on Thursday over his unprecedented decision earlier this week to fire...
Roundup: LASM / LSU parking / Lil Boosie
Happy anniversary: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Depot, downtown’s Louisiana Art & Science Museum is presenting...
State begins public testing of new voting machine technology
Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s office hosted a public demonstration this week of new voting technology from Texas-based Hart InterCivic, according to Louisiana...
Commercial real estate activity picking up as institutional investors return
Commercial real estate activity is showing signs of recovery after a slowdown earlier this year, CNBC reports.
JLL’s latest Bid Intensity Index, which measures liquidity...
A new $145M women’s correctional institute is set to open in St. Gabriel
A ribbon cutting ceremony will mark the grand opening of the new Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women facility on Thursday morning in St. Gabriel.
In...
Rotolo’s Craft & Crust expanding with a half dozen new locations across the U.S.
Rotolo’s Craft & Crust is opening six restaurants across four states as the Baton Rouge-founded pizza franchise continues its expansion.
New locations are under construction...
