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Roundup: Latest on lease sales / Apple’s rare earth move / Inflation on the...
A new mandate: President Donald Trump's "one big beautiful bill" includes several provisions expanding federal subsidies and tax benefits for the oil and gas...
Will Meta’s Louisiana data center one day rival Manhattan’s footprint?
In a post on Threads this week, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg touts the build-out of a data center called Hyperion.
That center, he shares, is...
How the Capital Region residential market performed in June
The Greater Baton Rouge housing market continued its trend of stability in June, yielding gains in inventory and median sales prices that benefited both...
‘LaPolitics’: A late entry adds wrinkles to the New Orleans ballot
A few weeks ago, the field for the New Orleans mayoral election seemed to be pretty well set. New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno...
Shell Project BlueCat expansion elevates Port Allen to No. 1
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has completed Project BlueCAT, a $121 million expansion that gives its Port Allen facility a second world-leading title. Already recognized...
‘LaPolitics’: A late entry adds wrinkles to the New Orleans ballot
A few weeks ago, the field for the New Orleans mayoral election seemed to be pretty well set. New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno...
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Build-ready site for multi-tenant industrial...
Fronting Plank Road in Zachary, this ±4.59-acre site is under development as a two-building, multi-tenant industrial park. Site prep, dirt work, and retention are...
Business Lunch: The Overpass Merchant’s Thai Peanut Shrimp Salad
The Overpass Merchant
Address: 2904 Perkins Road
Phone: (225) 508-4737
theoverpassmerchant.com
Cuisine: American
Owner: Hufft Marchand Hospitality
Scene: Gastropub in the Perkins Road Overpass District serving elevated bar fare, including...
Why hundreds of Louisiana contractors choose LAGC, sponsored by Louisiana Associated General Contractors
Louisiana Associated General Contractors is the only statewide, full-service construction trade association representing nearly 600 general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and service firms throughout Louisiana....
Why Corporate America can’t hang up its landlines
While most households have traded traditional landline telephones for cellphones, in the business world, landlines are still thriving, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Hotels, hospitals,...
This company bought an office property on Innovation Park Drive
Baton Rouge company Compliance EnviroSystems has acquired an office property and a vacant 3.8-acre parcel along Innovation Park Drive in South Baton Rouge.
Compliance bought...
Mayor Edwards is attending Harvard’s city leadership program
Mayor Sid Edwards has been tapped for the ninth class of the Bloomberg Harvard Leadership Initiative, a professional management training program.
Edwards joins 47 mayors...
Roundup: Banking sector / Starbucks / Private jet sales
A tale of two markets: U.S. banking has lately split into two distinct markets: strong gains for megabanks and struggles for smaller lenders. Large...
LSU helped launch it. Now Bocock Brothers’ college cigar line is growing
Last year, Houston-based cigar company Bocock Brothers made history when it began selling officially licensed LSU cigars. It was the first time a major...
US manufacturing is stuck in a rut
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but they share a conviction that the government should help American manufacturers, one way or another.
Democratic President...
Roundup: The American dollar / Bitcoin / WARN notices
Steep drop: The ICE U.S. Dollar Index, which compares the U.S. currency to a basket of six others, just posted its worst first half...
This cardiologist has opened a second location
Several months after buying an office building on North Harrell’s Ferry Road to expand her cardiovascular practice, Dr. Cordel Parris says the business’s second...
How much lawmakers budgeted to renovate Louisiana State Capitol
Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers have put $31.7 million toward refurbishing the outside of the Louisiana State Capitol, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
The money—part of...
This Lafayette fine jewelry brand is opening a Baton Rouge storefront
Lafayette’s Embark Fine Jewelry is expanding into Baton Rouge. The company plans to open a location in the Coterie Exchange development on Jefferson Highway,...
Capital Region health care is on the rise
Capital Region health care is booming—and the numbers prove it. For the insurance providers and care companies on Business Report’s 2025 Top 100 Private...
