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Baton Rouge to Chicago nonstop? BTR lands $1M grant to push for service
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has been awarded a $1 million Small Community Air Service Development Program grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation as...
Baton Rouge casino market sees summer slowdown stretch into August
Baton Rouge’s casino market cooled for the third consecutive month in August, with revenue falling 5.5% from July as two of the Capital Region's...
Roundup: Copper shipments to US / Chinese car imports / Disney’s AI pivot
Surging to beat tariffs: A surge of copper shipments to the U.S. ahead of potential import tariffs is straining major ports, with the Port...
Louisiana business applications fall, but less sharply than in neighboring states
Louisiana saw a smaller drop in new business applications in August than the nation as a whole and each of its neighboring states, new...
How Ascension Parish is carving out its place in Louisiana tourism
Videographer: Jordan Ponzio
Ascension Parish tourism is positioning the parish as an affordable alternative to Baton Rouge and New Orleans while capitalizing on its location...
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe betting big on prediction markets
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana is entering the rapidly expanding prediction-market industry through a new app powered by Kalshi, making it one of the...
Roundup: Data center watch / Level Homes / Smarter air traffic control
River cities evaluate: Mississippi River mayors are developing tools to help communities evaluate data center proposals as AI and data storage demand drives rapid...
This sports retailer is opening another Baton Rouge location
Sports apparel and merchandise retailer Rally House is adding another Baton Rouge location, signing a lease for roughly 3,800 square feet of retail space...
Proposed pipeline raises concerns among some Ascension, Livingston residents
Residents in Ascension and Livingston parishes are raising concerns about a proposed 50-mile carbon dioxide pipeline that would run near homes, schools and environmentally...
How Anthropic is using Claude to build the next Claude
Anthropic’s Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday.
Claude...
Five questions for the Port of Greater Baton Rouge’s next leader
With Executive Director Jay Hardman set to retire after 26 years with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Greg Johnson is preparing to take...
‘LaPolitics’: Former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow expanding political firm
Andrew Bautsch, the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and former executive director of the Louisiana Republican Party, is now working...
Roundup: Space Force academy / Louisiana Innovation / Data center power
Louisiana enters race: Louisiana is seeking to become the home of a new national academy for the U.S. Space Force after President Donald Trump...
Microsoft’s AI playbook shows businesses how to turn experiments into results
Microsoft’s new Frontier Playbook outlines how businesses can move beyond AI experimentation and turn artificial intelligence deployments into measurable business results, including greater productivity...
Livingston airport project gets nearly $3.5M boost for runway, infrastructure work
The Livingston Executive Airport project is moving closer to completing its first phase after the State Bond Commission on Thursday approved nearly $3.5 million...
Surging diesel prices revive debate over reducing US fuel exports
President Trump faces pressure to address surging fuel prices, with some Republicans considering restrictions on U.S. fuel exports ahead of the November midterm elections,...
Chatagnier Market, Wild Rise scale up together in Gonzales
Chatagnier Community Market in Gonzales is already preparing to more than double its retail space less than three months after opening, while partnering with...
GM CEO makes the case for skilled trades in an AI economy
General Motors CEO Mary Barra is urging high school students to consider skilled trades as a career path, saying technical, hands-on jobs may be...
Roundup: Project Dynamo air permit / ExxonMobil / US jobless claims
Rare earth green light: Louisiana regulators have approved an air quality permit for Aclara’s $277 million Project Dynamo rare earth separation facility at the...
Dove Group moving forward with $10.7M Geismar expansion
Local commercial HVAC and mechanical contractor Dove Group has received a construction permit to begin work on a significantly larger facility in Geismar.
Permit filings...
