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Buzbe just purchased this building to serve as its Baton Rouge headquarters
Modular tackle box manufacturer Buzbe has purchased a building that will serve as its Baton Rouge headquarters.
The company purchased an 8,800-square-foot building on Opportunity...
The Navy is giving this LSU partnership a $10M contract for research
LSU and South Carolina-based Integer Technologies announced on Tuesday that the Office of Naval Research awarded their team a $9.8 million contract to develop...
What we know about the planned Livingston Parish airport
Plans to break ground on the Livingston Parish airport project have been delayed several months.
Delia Taylor, chair of the Livingston Parish Airport District, told...
This company just bought Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux’s former headquarters
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux has sold the building on Burbank Drive that was formerly its headquarters, just five months after the company announced plans to...
How one local grocery store is coping with its chicken salad fame
Since reality TV star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel did a taste test of Calvin Bocage Market’s chicken salad on TikTok, sales have tripled for...
Baton Rouge engineering firm names a new president
Baton Rouge-based civil engineering and land surveying firm SJB Group announced Phillip Zimmerman as its new president.
Zimmerman has over 35 years of professional engineering,...
See how much EBR sales tax collections rose in May
February East Baton Rouge Parish General 2% Sales and Use Tax by Holly Duchmann
What the new EBR school superintendent says is the district’s biggest challenge
Newly appointed East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent LaMont Cole says early childhood education is a significant challenge for the school system.
Cole and School Board...
The FUEL partnership has named an executive director
Energy innovation expert Michael Mazzola has been tapped to serve as executive director of the massive LSU-led FUEL partnership, the university announced on Monday.
For...
See how New Schools for Baton Rouge LEAP scores stack up
Louisiana’s newly released 2024 LEAP scores show that charter schools supported by New Schools for Baton Rouge outperformed East Baton Rouge district-run open enrollment...
LaMont Cole: ‘I want to change the narrative’
LaMont Cole’s initial priorities in his new role as East Baton Rouge Parish Schools superintendent include ensuring that students are safe and that educators...
Recovery center purchases former Cenikor facility for $15M
Avenues Recovery Center purchased the former Cenikor drug rehab facility on Bunker Hill Drive on Wednesday for $15 million, according to records filed with...
A recent million-dollar real estate purchase is crucial to FranU’s master plan
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University’s recent purchase of property on Brittany Drive near the newly built St. Francis Hall is the start of...
Ochsner launches the Louisiana Innovation Fund to help health care entrepreneurs
Ochsner Ventures announced on Wednesday the creation of the Ochsner Louisiana Innovation Fund, a $10 million fund for investments in early-stage, innovative health and...
These two homebuilders just purchased dozens of lots in separate developments
A pair of homebuilders recently purchased a combined 67 lots in separate residential developments, according to documents filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish...
Baton Rouge saw strong job growth in June
The Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area added 1,300 jobs from May to June to bring its total to 426,200, according to the Louisiana Workforce...
Louisiana judicial officials silent on five-figure stipend
The team working to implement a five-figure advance stipend to Louisiana judges isn’t talking publicly about how the payment will be implemented, despite a...
A battle is brewing over the Belle’s appeal to demolish a historic building
After being deferred from a meeting last month, the Metro Council will hear Belle of Baton Rouge’s appeal to overturn the historic preservation committee’s...
This local vegan restaurateur is expanding with a third location
Golden Vegan is bringing vegan comfort food to Baton Rouge college campuses this fall.
After quietly opening its second location at LSU’s Student Union in...
Louisiana community colleges to offer new IBM cybersecurity, data analytics certificates
IBM on Monday announced two new IBM SkillsBuild certificates in cybersecurity and data analytics that will be available to students in the Louisiana Community...
