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ICYMI: Bernhard Capital Partners 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...
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...
Matt McKay, Baton Rouge civic leader and All Star Automotive Group co-founder, dies at...
Prominent Baton Rouge businessperson and civic leader Matt McKay died Saturday night at age 71 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
McKay, who was honored...
Roundup: AI construction jobs / Jalapeño recall / US battery production
BlackRock partnership: BlackRock and its AI Infrastructure Partnership are partnering with North America’s Building Trades Unions to connect upcoming data center and energy projects...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
A look at the latest issued permits and property transactions across East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes.
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Open Health Foundation purchased...
How Louisiana’s plan to help farmers went off track
The Trump administration’s 2025 cancellation of two federal programs that helped states and tribes purchase food from local farmers left Louisiana facing the loss...
Why businesses may need to rethink how they plan
According to Axios, we have entered a new era of “post-processable velocity,” where the pace of technological and AI-driven change is faster than individuals,...
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Roundup: Pennington grant / Prince St. Pizza / Cassidy backs Blanche
Developing safer teen drivers: Jeffrey Keller of LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Sara Seifert of Minnesota HealthSolutions have received a $353,306 NIH Small...
Denver developer is the latest to propose new student housing near LSU
A Denver-based fully integrated real estate management, investment, construction and marketing firm focused on multifamily housing is proposing a new student housing development near...
Breaking down potential winners and losers from a Pentagon spending boom
Congress is considering a significant increase in U.S. defense spending, with President Donald Trump requesting a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget for 2027, and the...
Following a weak jobs report, the Fed’s next move hinges on inflation
July’s weak jobs report reduces pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, but it doesn’t eliminate the possibility of a rate increase...
Meet the Capital Region 500: Richard Lipsey
Richard Lipsey founded Lipsey’s in 1983 and has been an influential business and community leader ever since, growing the company into the largest firearms...
Ascension’s shelter animals are getting an upgrade
Ascension Parish is preparing to take the next major step toward construction of its long-planned Cara’s House Animal Welfare Center in Gonzales, with officials...
Roundup: CC’s drive-thru / Meta ordered to pay / ‘Basic business class’
Coffee in a hurry: CC's Coffee House is opening its first drive-thru-only location at 319 W. Highway 30 in Gonzales on Aug. 8, offering...
Lease deal will bring new Italian restaurant concept to Central
A new-to-market restaurant concept is headed to Central after signing a seven-year lease to occupy the former Planet Mocha space.
Italian-inspired restaurant concept 40th and...
Could sodium-ion batteries break China’s stranglehold on battery manufacturing?
Sodium-ion batteries, which use abundant materials such as sodium found in ordinary table salt instead of scarce lithium and other critical minerals, are emerging...
US economy unexpectedly sheds 23,000 jobs in July
U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June. The unemployment rate...
New townhomes could reshape this Ascension corridor
A proposed development with 68 townhomes, 18 single-family homes and commercial space is moving closer to consideration by the Gonzales City Council.
The Gonzales Zoning...
‘LaPolitics’: An update on the state’s plan to buy new voting machines
Along with preparing for the next round of elections this fall, the biggest job facing Secretary of State Nancy Landry right now is making...
