Success in business is worthy of recognition, and local companies make a major contribution to the quality of life in our community.
About 140 business leaders participated in a canvass trip to Richmond, Va., last month. Richmond is similar to Baton Rouge, and faces many of the same challenges. But the city is ahead of Baton Rouge in several categories. Everyone who made the trip needs to apply the best practices to the Capitol Region.
April 7, 2009 issue
Business owners, workers and retirees alike are working longer to preserve their standard of living.
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From Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed amendment to Rep. Franklin Foil’s convention commission, there are plenty of suggestions on how to take the budget heat off health care and higher ed.
LSU lags behind other schools in adopting online education, and faculty members are in no hurry to catch up.
Since taking office last year, Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed more than 200 of his top contributors to influential boards and commissions.
It might have been lampooned on sitcoms and passed off as bra-burning malarkey, but Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day—scheduled this year for Thursday, April 23—sends a relevant message regarding one of Louisiana’s most pressing problems.
LBTC’s executive director says small businesses housed in his incubator have the resources to succeed.
Across the room, a computer chirps, or hums, or dings or rings. It’s the sound of a tweet, a post, a poke or maybe even a sheep being thrown.
Carriers are sharpening their competitive edges in a brutally competitive communications industry.
Louisiana is facing a $2 billion budget shortfall. The Legislature won't raise taxes and everyone dependant upon government funds claims their needs are sacred? What should state leaders do?
Gov. Bobby Jindal has been catching flak for his frequent out of state fundraising trips. There's a lot of money in being the future of the Republican Party. But there are questions on what effect these contributions are having on what decisions he and his administration make.
April 7, 2009 issue
April 7, 2009 issue
April 7, 2009 issue
Chef John Folse decided to expand his 2-year-old food manufacturing plant in Donaldsonville in 2007.
Was Gov. Bobby Jindal right to reject a plan to continue automatic pay raises for state workers?
