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Riegel: Why historic tax credits matter
The preservation and development communities often find themselves at odds over regulations that dictate what you can—and can’t—do to old buildings in historic neighborhoods.
But...
‘Business Report’ Publisher: Entrepreneurs deserve the best; endorsements for Nov. 18 election
The Capital City will soon celebrate entrepreneurship and those who take risks to create companies and the jobs we need. BREW (Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship...
JR Ball: The First Amendment goes à la carte
What is happening to us? Since when—in the name of all things red, white and blue—did the U.S. Constitution become a buffet-style affair?
Perhaps I...
Riegel: Crumbling academic buildings? LSU has a lazy river!
A recent issue of the esteemed Chronicle of Higher Education takes LSU to task for its new lazy river, a luxury lounge pool that is...
‘Business Report’ publisher: Metro Council gets high on Amazon HQ2 and search for new...
Did someone bring “special brownies” with an extra ingredient to the Oct. 11 Metro Council meeting when the council passed a resolution urging Amazon...
JR Ball: The ‘T’ in TOPS stands for Texas
If there’s one thing Louisiana excels at it’s this: throwing money, tax breaks and a top-rated workforce training program at out-of-state companies in the...
Riegel: The final chapter in landman’s environmental crusade?
Ten years ago, Baton Rouge landman Dan Collins did a risky and politically unpopular thing, when he filed an environmental whistleblower lawsuit against the...
‘Business Report’ Publisher: A sad day in America
What happened in Las Vegas is almost beyond comprehension. How could 58 people be murdered and almost 500 injured while enjoying a country music...
JR Ball: What Amazon’s HQ2 wishlist says about Baton Rouge
Amazon’s announcement that it will allow some lucky American city to pay oodles of corporate welfare in exchange for a $5-billion, 50,000-employee complex known...
Riegel: Broome is making the case for St. George
When the Metro Council voted in early September not to put Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s proposed 5-mill property tax for road improvements on the...
‘Business Report’ Publisher: FYI: There is an election Oct. 14
LSU Tiger fans know that the Auburn Tigers are coming to town for a game on Saturday, Oct. 14, but I am not sure...
JR Ball: Let’s treat Baton Rouge like we do LSU football
Ask Les Miles how seriously we take our LSU football. Mediocrity—or just being pretty darn good—may work at Ole Miss but here, in Baton...
Riegel: Running out of places to hide from Mother Nature
As Hurricane Irma barreled toward the southeast U.S. earlier this month, we in south Louisiana breathed a collective sigh of relief.
This monster, the spaghetti...
‘Business Report’ Publisher: The ‘green grass’ of Baton Rouge
This special anniversary issue represents a celebration of a 35-year journey for our Baton Rouge business community—and for Business Report. Much has happened, as...
JR Ball: LSU should charge on degree value
If we’ve learned anything over the past decade about higher education in Louisiana it’s this: The state no longer views what’s going on inside...
Riegel: Why the tram went off the rails
If there’s anything on which the mostly white Republicans in the southeast portion of East Baton Rouge Parish and the mostly African-American Democrats in...
‘Business Report’ Publisher: Is Ascension showing EBR the way?
Is the Capital City about to be schooled by our fast-growing neighbor to the south? Are they going to find a solution to effectively...
Hey Louisiana, when the topic is comparing tax burdens: Don’t mess with Texas
Louisiana is forever measuring itself against Texas—especially when it comes to taxes—but where would you fare better?
Here’s a hint: It depends on your income....
JR Ball: The great Louisiana budget divide
Enough apparently is enough. That can of fiscal-cliff-flavored LaCroix our—ahem—state leaders have been kicking up and down Fourth Street for the better part of...
Riegel: Local control over Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program makes sense
Gov. John Bel Edwards set off alarm bells in June 2016, when he issued an executive order designed to rein in the state’s Industrial Tax...
