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Baton Rouge’s Envoc expands into marketing

Baton Rouge-based Envoc, a software development and design firm, announced Monday it is expanding, with its top executives forming a new marketing consultancy firm.  In...

Will the Baltimore bridge collapse affect Baton Rouge auto dealerships?

The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday has resulted in the indefinite closure of the Port of Baltimore—the busiest port in...

Baton Rouge-based Beacon expands to Florida through acquisition

Beacon Behavioral Partners, a provider of support services for behavioral health practices based in Baton Rouge, announced on Thursday its acquisition of The Neuropsychiatry...

2024 Trends in Health Care: The evolution and innovation that’s redefining the industry

In Business Report's latest Trends in Health Care edition, we explore the dynamic evolution and groundbreaking innovation shaping the future of the Capital Region's...

Metro Council to vote tonight on adding chief of staff, other positions

The addition of a chief of staff, a new city-parish manager and an executive counsel to the mayor’s office are a few of the...

Louisiana’s Pelican Institute is suing the SEC over climate-change disclosures

The Pelican Institute for Public Policy, a Louisiana-based conservative think tank, today announced it had filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Baton Rouge-based Cost Segregation Services acquired by private equity firm

Cost Segregation Services Inc. has been acquired by Align Capital Partners, an out-of-state private equity firm that is in the process of forming a...

How the NAR settlement will reshape the real estate industry

The National Association of Realtors agreed to a $418 million settlement earlier this month that will likely reshape the real estate industry. The lawsuits alleged...

This major Baton Rouge contractor plans to expand its corporate office

Global contractor MMR Group plans to expand its corporate offices on Airline Highway.  Ritter Maher Architects recently filed for a $6 million new building permit...

Kleinpeter Dairy Farms plans a multimillion-dollar expansion

Kleinpeter Dairy Farms is growing. The dairy producer plans to add manufacturing capacity to the existing plant facility and upgrade machinery and equipment to meet...

BRAF membership reaches an all-time high

Baton Rouge Area Foundation membership has reached an all-time high, President and CEO Chris Meyer told donors and members at its annual meeting Wednesday...

Essential Credit Union launching subsidiary title company

Baton Rouge-based Essential Credit Union announced Wednesday it will expand with the launch of its own subsidiary title company.  Essential Tag and Title will offer...

This LSU professor is exploring the ‘double-edged sword’ of workplace risk-taking

Don Zhang, an associate professor at the LSU Department of Psychology, was recently named one of the university’s 2024 Rainmakers for his research on...

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife just donated $2M to this Baton Rouge nonprofit

The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition has been tapped to receive a $2 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott as part of her effort to...

Baton Rouge tech startup raises $1.25M in seed funding

Moxey, a Baton Rouge-based “digital trade network” offering B2B sales services, recently raised over $1.25 million in venture capital funding. According to a statement, over...

Four-story hotel proposed for Howell Place

A Kentucky-based hospitality group is asking local officials to greenlight plans for a new hotel to be built at Howell Place.  Daniel Whitley with Arnold...

See which vacant lots were just purchased by a hospitality company

Local developer Mike Wampold has sold a 2.5-acre vacant tract on Hilton Avenue across from the Marriott Hotel to a hospitality company, according to...

New home listings pick up in Capital Region

The Baton Rouge-area residential real estate market is continuing its shift to favor buyers. Pending sales dropped last month as several factors—including days on market,...

BROC merges with Lafayette-based clinic

Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic and Lafayette-based Louisiana Orthopaedic Specialists have  announced they are combining to form an orthopedic group practice called Gulf South Orthopedic...

See which restaurant group just purchased land off W. Lee Drive

A restaurant group based outside of Louisiana has purchased land off W. Lee Drive for $1.525 million, according to a deal filed Wednesday with...