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First-Class Travels: A local executive shares his tips for a Roatan adventure
Surrounded by sparkling turquoise water, Roatan is one of the Caribbean Bay Islands off of Honduras. It’s a favorite destination for MAPP Director of...
Roundup: AI impact / Zillow / What bank execs are watching
Slowing declines: The heightened demand for AI is expected to prop up fossil fuels and slow emissions declines, according to the latest New Energy...
Is a tariff exemption on parts the key to building more autos in the...
President Donald Trump hinted that he might temporarily relieve the auto industry from “permanent” tariffs he previously imposed on the business. The president didn’t...
Roundup: Shell’s LiveWire cohort / Oil demand / Import prices
Meet the cohort: Shell, in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, has named the 23 businesses for the 2025 Louisiana cohort of...
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Brand-new retail center with drive-through...
Coming soon to one of Baton Rouge’s most traveled corridors, 8150 Perkins Road will feature a brand-new retail center with multiple suite options, including...
A task force is trying to position Louisiana as a leader in clean hydrogen
Louisiana’s Clean Hydrogen Task Force is preparing its recommendations to state lawmakers on how to better position the state as a leader in clean...
Roundup: Oil demand / Kidney transplant / DOTD construction budget
Forecast lowered: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries cut its forecast for oil demand growth just days after a surprise decision to boost...
BP discovers a new oil deposit some 120 miles off the Louisiana coast
BP has discovered a new oil deposit in the U.S. Far South prospect in the Gulf, off the coast of Louisiana, The Wall Street...
Roundup: Wetlands restoration / Offshore oil and gas leases / BRFD recruiting
Use of treated sewage: Opposing views among environmental groups and coastal scientists in Louisiana have spurred intense debate over the use of treated sewage...
Why tariff exemptions for electronics may be short-lived
Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics such as smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff...
An OLOL executive shares his tips on running an effective meeting
It goes without saying that meetings are an essential function of any workplace. But too often, they can feel inefficient, unproductive or unnecessarily lengthy.
So,...
Roundup: Department of Health / General Motors / Economic turbulence
Second chance: Gov. Jeff Landry has selected Bruce Greenstein, a former Gov. Bobby Jindal Cabinet member, to lead the Louisiana Department of Health. This...
How Level Homes is expanding its footprint in Livingston Parish
Local homebuilder Level Homes is expanding its footprint in Livingston Parish after buying lots in the Highlandia development in Denham Springs.
The builder has purchased...
Roundup: Oil market / U.S.-China trade war / Press Club
Misplaced fears?: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the sell-off in the oil market is overblown, and he expects American crude producers to keep...
Marucci Sports opens its second international Hitter’s House
Marucci Sports, a Baton Rouge baseball bat and sports equipment company, is growing its international presence.
In partnership with The 108, Europe’s largest indoor baseball...
Gov. Landry’s expanded school voucher program is in danger of being cut
Lawmakers are considering scrapping funding for Gov. Jeff Landry’s LA GATOR, the expanded school voucher program expected to award millions more in tax dollars...
US wholesale prices fell in March, but tariffs remain the elephant in the room
U.S. wholesale prices fell last month in another sign that inflationary pressures are easing. But President Donald Trump’s trade wars cloud the outlook.
The Labor...
‘LaPolitics’: Carbon capture will be a hot topic during the regular session
When the regular session convenes Monday, one of the touchiest issues for the Legislature’s agriculture committees, and the two chambers, will be carbon capture.
The...
Small business owners still struggle to fill job openings
Though recent data for U.S. companies shows relatively few layoffs and modest new hire rates, small businesses are grappling with finding suitable candidates for...
Why entrepreneur Chase Mullin expanded his company into Baton Rouge
Since Chase Mullin founded his eponymous landscape company in 2007, he hasn’t shied from thinking big.
As Business Report writes in its latest issue, the...
