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CEO compensation grows 6% as worker pay gap widens
The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and...
LSU sets a record for annual research spending at more than $600M
LSU’s flagship enterprise has topped $600 million in annual research activity for the first time, continuing a five-year streak of record-setting growth as the...
Baton Rouge General’s Health Tip of the Week: The mental health generation gap
Sponsored by Baton Rouge General
Mental health looks different across generations, but one thing is true at every age: it matters. Adults 85 and older...
It’s official: Applied Digital is building a $3.6B data center in central Louisiana
Applied Digital, a digital infrastructure developer based in Dallas, is investing $3.6 billion to develop an artificial intelligence campus in Rapides Parish.
Daily Report reported...
White House proposal would allow agencies to require employee NDAs
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed allowing federal agencies to require employees to sign nondisclosure agreements aimed at preventing the disclosure of confidential...
Roundup: Records dispute / Alabama congressional map / BRCC chancellor
Back in court: The Louisiana 23rd Judicial District Court will hold a hearing in the ongoing case of Rural Roots and Louisiana Bucket Brigade...
Task force to be convened to find money for permanent teacher pay raises
Gov. Jeff Landry and legislative leaders on Tuesday announced a plan that could eventually lead to permanent raises for public school teachers and support...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
A look at the latest issued permits and property transactions in East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension Parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
New Jersey company...
Housing market hurdles extend far beyond high mortgage rates
Rising mortgage rates aren’t the housing market’s only challenge. Higher prices for building materials are driving up construction costs and straining renovation budgets, The...
‘LaPolitics’: Legislature hits pause on expansion of online gaming
While the Louisiana Legislature has embraced mobile sports wagering in recent years, legislators have used the ongoing regular session to tap the brakes on...
Roundup: BP / Teacher pay / Pope Leo XIV on AI
‘Surprised and disappointed’: Oil giant BP has ousted its chair, Albert Manifold, over what it calls serious concerns related to “important governance standards, oversight...
A US maritime revival? Venture capital fund launches a $200M bet
The American Bureau of Shipping and warehouse giant Prologis will anchor a $200 million venture capital fund betting on a U.S. revival in maritime...
Congressional Black Caucus urges companies to oppose GOP redistricting push
The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday called on major corporations across the U.S., including those that previously expressed support for voting rights and racial...
Local nonprofit The Life of a Single Mom expands services, rebrands
The Life of a Single Mom, the Baton Rouge nonprofit supporting single mothers, is rebranding and expanding its services as it celebrates over 1...
Mid City mixed-use development fills its last tenant space
A long-vacant shell space at Baton Rouge mixed-use development Square 46 has been leased, bringing the Government Street space to full occupancy for the...
Inside Dustin Davidson’s fix of the Department of Conservation and Energy
Since his appointment as secretary in September, Dustin Davidson has busily gone about the task of transforming the Department of Conservation and Energy by...
ELIFIN’s Commercial Property of the Week: Turnkey industrial facility in Ascension for sale
Sponsored by ELIFIN
Now for sale at 41107 Don Lou Drive: a commanding ±10,000-square-foot office and warehouse facility set on a generous ±1-acre lot in...
Memorial Day travel surge expected at BTR
The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is preparing for a busy Memorial Day travel period as industry forecasts project what could be the busiest Memorial...
UNO will soon launch a search for its next leader as it joins the...
As the University of New Orleans prepares to join the LSU System, UNO President Kathy Johnson has accepted a new role as executive vice...
Roundup: Consumer sentiment / Tulsi Gabbard / Memorial Day
A dire outlook: Consumer sentiment tumbled in May as fears of higher prices grow due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices, according...
