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Economic Development

Five takeaways from the Capital Region’s $8.2B transportation plan

The Capital Region Planning Commission’s draft MOVE 2050 transportation plan outlines more than $8.2 billion in anticipated spending through 2050. The plan’s geographic scope includes the urbanized areas and the areas expected to be urbanized...

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Jones Walker names new Baton Rouge office head as Brandon Black moves to Cajun Industries

Education & Workforce

Workforce development on wheels: LABI wants to bring this Arkansas program to Louisiana

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Entrepreneurship & Small Business

These 10 rules are reshaping what makes a great workplace

Entrepreneurship & Small Business

What local companies are doing to help managers become better leaders

Economic Development

How Baton Rouge businesses are putting AI to work

Entrepreneurship & Small Business

A new defense tech initiative will serve Baton Rouge startups, small businesses

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Energy

Louisiana Cat plans hiring, facility expansion amid industrial boom

Iberville Parish is floating its own version of Ascension’s RiverPlex MegaPark

This Baton Rouge restaurant is helping feed Hut 8’s data center crews

Dynamic Group opens St. Francisville office to support data center work, public projects

LSU’s Energy Institute has a new executive director. See who it is

Healthcare

Lane to close labor and delivery unit as physicians move to Woman’s

Ochsner doubles operating rooms at The Grove as part of $50M expansion

Southern University team wins cancer care technology challenge

How Revolution Wellness is rethinking primary care in Ascension Parish

Women’s clinic to expand after acquiring office building in Bluebonnet corridor

Real Estate

St. George development taking shape with $20M in projected investment

New Orleans’ Forbidden Pizza is planning a Baton Rouge location

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

St. George to review plans for a new Long Farm restaurant

How the Baton Rouge commercial real estate market fared in August

Restaurants & Retail

Baton Rouge gets a slice of New York with Prince St. Pizza

Smalls Sliders is doubling in size. Here’s what comes next

Emeril’s Chop House puts a Louisiana spin on the classic steakhouse

This sports retailer is opening another Baton Rouge location

This proposed Walmart Neighborhood Market faces a pivotal Ascension vote

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Should the federal government require safety testing before advanced AI systems are released?

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