ELIFIN’s Commercial Property of the Week: Fully renovated and stabilized apartment complex in Ascension

Sponsored by ELIFIN Now for sale, 41063 Cannon Road offers a 48-unit fully-occupied multifamily property on ±2.18 acres. All unit interiors and building exteriors were...

Ask the Expert: Flooring, sponsored by Holmes Building Materials

Michele Savoy Design Consultant Holmes Building Materials Michele Savoy is an interior designer with Holmes Building Materials, specializing in flooring solutions for custom residential projects. She partners...

Ask the Expert: Glass & mirror, sponsored by M&M Glass Company

Chris Van Pelt CEO M&M Glass Company Chris Van Pelt began his career with M&M Glass Company 24 years ago, working his way through nearly every aspect...

Ask the Expert: Electric gates, sponsored by Gonzales Electric Gates

 Rob Braud Owner/CEO Gonzales Electric Gates What Happens If There’s A Power Outage? Will The Gate Stop Working? Most modern residential and commercial gate operators are built with...

Roundup: Partial shutdown / Retail closures / US-India trade deal 

Data releases delayed: The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on...

Oil and gas companies hedged at record levels prior to commodities sell-off

Oil and gas producers moved quickly to lock in profits as energy prices surged ahead of a sudden global commodities sell-off, Bloomberg writes.  U.S. shale...

Judge rejects Trump’s national security claim, revives offshore wind project

A federal judge on Monday ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such...

Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge

Here are the latest property transactions and issued permits in East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension parishes. East Baton Rouge Parish A $30 million remodel...

Emeril Lagasse is opening a restaurant in Baton Rouge

Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse is opening a new restaurant in Baton Rouge’s L’Auberge Casino & Hotel. The new restaurant, called Emeril’s Chop House, is described...

Roundup: Five Below expands / Farmers’ Almanac / Musk eyes merger

Value model evolves: Five Below is quietly redefining its value model, adding more items priced above $5 as it responds to tariffs, inflation and...

Housing’s power shift: Buyers regaining the upper hand

After years of bidding wars and seller dominance, the U.S. housing market is finally tilting back toward buyers, The Wall Street Journal writes.  Nearly two-thirds...

What to know about the Post Malone, Jelly Roll concert set for Tiger Stadium

The headliners for the second installment of Tiger Stadium’s Death Valley Live concert series have been announced. Those headliners are Post Malone, the nine-time diamond-certified...

How AI’s $3 trillion build-out Is rewriting the rules of debt markets

The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping global credit markets as lenders race to finance an estimated $3 trillion build-out of data centers powering next-generation...

Student housing development near LSU heads to Planning Commission

Baton Rouge attorney Gordon McKernan and local developer Windy Gladney’s proposed student housing community is set to go before the East Baton Rouge Planning...

LSU System seeks investment, tech upgrades in high-stakes UNO reset

A transition report outlining the University of New Orleans’ move back into the LSU System calls for tens of millions of dollars in new...

Deadline approaching: Share your story in the 2026 Annual Report

For more than 40 years, Business Report’s Annual Report has told the story of the Capital Region, celebrating the businesses shaping our community. Stories...

Roundup: FEMA / ExxonMobil / Hurricane recovery funding

Winter storm response: States including Louisiana are turning to a slimmer FEMA after a deadly winter storm left widespread power outages and damage across...

Trump announces Fed chair nominee, setting stage for policy overhaul  

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a...

Roundup: Trump Accounts / Power outages persist / Trump sues IRS

Matching contributions: JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America will match the U.S. government’s one-time $1,000 contribution to children’s retirement savings accounts for eligible employees,...

‘LaPolitics’: Setting the stage for health care in the upcoming session 

Last year, Senate Health and Welfare Chair Patrick McMath led the charge to align Louisiana with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary...