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Restaurants & Retail

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

Baton Rouge-born burger chain Smalls Sliders is on pace to roughly double its footprint this year. The company has about 60 locations today, up from a little more than 30 at this point last year,...

Economic Development

Louisiana Cat plans hiring, facility expansion amid industrial boom

Economic Development

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

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How greater accountability can make a workplace feel more fair

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Rolfe McCollister: Turning a moment into momentum

Healthcare

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

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Energy

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

Livingston Parish adopts new rules for power plants, electric-generating facilities

Gov. Landry’s call for a 90-day diesel export ban draws industry pushback

Healthcare

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

New Spine Center facility planned near OLOL Children’s Hospital

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

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

A warehouse club is eyeing Gonzales for its first Louisiana location

Fiery Crab to add a fifth Capital Region location after acquiring Zachary site

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