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Meet the Capital Region’s 2024 Forty Under 40
They are the next generation of Baton Rouge leaders, and they are driving transformation in business and the community.
Among their ranks is the...
‘LaPolitics’: Is teacher pay the way?
Placing the concept of income tax cuts aside, arguably the most popular aspect of Gov. Jeff Landry’s wide-ranging special session will be the opportunity...
The site for this proposed development near Zachary just sold for $4.5M
A 201-acre tract set for the Templeton Ridge Development site near Zachary recently changed hands.
Templeton EBR LLC, represented by Ryan Power, purchased the property...
Roundup: New car costs / Judge John Michael Guidry / Moving abroad
Sticker shock: Car buyers across America—even those with comfortable incomes—are dropping out of the new-car market, Bloomberg reports. The pandemic supply shortages that drove...
See what the Secretary of State says about Louisiana’s Election Day
A “smooth election day” is what Deputy Secretary of State Joel Watson is predicting for Louisiana when it comes to lingering concerns about the...
Where do leading mayoral candidates stand on BREC’s millage renewals?
A pair of items on this year’s ballot allow voters to decide whether to renew two millages that keep BREC afloat.
Where do leading mayoral...
See how an email scam altered access to planning and zoning applications
If you’re an avid reader of the East Baton Rouge Planning Commission agenda, you may have noticed a recent change.
The applications typically linked to...
How much campaign cash do state regulators receive from utility companies?
Louisiana state regulators receive more campaign cash from utility and oil and gas sources than regulators in many other states, Floodlight reports.
The analysis is...
The Fed is set to cut rates again this week
No one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days later is much easier to predict: With...
What we know about the planned BRG hospital in Livingston Parish
Baton Rouge General has big plans for growth in Livingston Parish.
The medical center announced plans this week to open a neighborhood hospital in Denham...
‘LaPolitics’: Where real estate and politics collide
LaPolitics recently spoke with Norman Morris, CEO of Louisiana Realtors, to get his take on some political issues that affect real estate.
How will this...
See which Bluebonnet office building just changed hands
A Bluebonnet office building is getting new owners, according to a deal filed Thursday with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office.
EJ...
Roundup: State law challenged / Oil giants / Boeing
Court battle: Health care workers and advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state of Louisiana, challenging the state law reclassifying mifepristone and misoprostol...
US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month. Here’s why
America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that...
How to turn the uncertainty surrounding AI into an advantage
Generative AI is set to transform the business landscape, presenting managers with unique situations filled with unknowns, according to the Harvard Business Review.
Leaders face...
This will be the next Louisiana city to report a Sasquatch Waste truck sighting
Sasquatch Waste, a mobile dumpster compactor service in Baton Rouge, is expanding to New Orleans.
The waste management company purchased a third custom compaction truck...
What the latest numbers from the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge show
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve has dropped to near prepandemic levels.
The Commerce Department reported that prices rose just 2.1% in...
How not having an accepted AI definition complicates the regulatory process
The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity recently convened to examine the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding artificial intelligence and its implications for...
Roundup: US jobless claims / Auto insurance / Comcast
Slight dip: U.S. initial unemployment claims dropped by 12,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 216,000. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 230,000 claims...
A real estate development group just paid $3M for this building on Picardy
An Oklahoma-based commercial real estate development group has purchased the Sage Rehabilitation Outpatient and Day Neuro building on Picardy Avenue.
McGee Commercial Real Estate owner...
