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The state Senate will vote today on whether to ax this popular tax credit
Hundreds of film industry workers filled the state Capitol’s Senate committee hall Sunday afternoon to oppose legislation that would dismantle the program that turned...
A new athletic training facility has opened in Baton Rouge
D1 Training, a national athletic training facility business, on Monday opened its first Baton Rouge location.
There are currently two other D1 Training facilities in...
See how Louisiana fares for home insurance shock
Thanks to a myriad of conditions, many housing markets across the country have experienced home insurance shock over the past few years, Fast Company...
Banks are raising money to brace for losses from commercial real estate
Banks across the nation added to credit reserves in the first half of the year in an effort to protect against further losses from...
Is there new hope for offshore wind in the Gulf?
A surprise pitch from a midwest company with no experience building offshore wind farms has reignited enthusiasm for wind energy development in the Gulf...
Roundup: General Motors / Advance Auto / Cancer in Louisiana
Layoffs continue: General Motors laid off roughly 1,000 employees on Friday as the automaker attempts to cut costs and realign priorities amid changing market...
How one local coffee shop is evolving to serve multiple generations
Gabby Loubiere, owner of Brew Ha-Ha, is rebranding her coffee shop.
The 20-year-old cake ball and coffee shop on Jefferson Highway is getting new signage...
Get the latest snapshot of the Capital Region’s housing market
Pending sales and new listings in the Baton Rouge area housing market ticked up in October after experiencing declines in August and September, the...
A first look at the Overpass District’s newest restaurant
The Perkins Road Overpass District restaurant scene grew on Friday with the opening of Luna Cocina at the former Bumsteers location, 225 reports.
The modern...
These six skills are essential for today’s business leaders
Leaders and workers today are dealing with different dynamics in the workplace than before the pandemic thanks to massive technological shifts due to AI...
Roundup: Teacher pay raise / Data centers / Industrial production
Measure advances: The Louisiana House of Representatives passed legislation that included salary increases for public school employees starting next school year. If passed by...
A Southern University student is Louisiana’s latest pitch competition winner
Rodney Shepherd, a Southern University student and founder of marketing software startup Blue Tree, took home the investment prize from NexusLA’s recent Ignition 1.0...
What retail sales figures indicate heading into the holiday season
Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month in the latest sign that healthy consumer spending is driving the economy’s steady growth.
Retail sales...
How a Texas concrete company is expanding its Capital Region footprint
Texas-based CJT Concrete is expanding its operations in the Capital Region through a property purchase in Zachary.
The company recently bought a roughly 12-acre tract...
‘LaPolitics’: Why the proposed gaming tax increase was pulled back
Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, voluntarily deferred his House Bill 22, which calls for increasing from 15% to 51% the tax on net proceeds...
After two months of rises, mortgage rates are finally declining
Mortgage rates in the U.S. declined for the first time in seven weeks, Bloomberg reports.
The average for a 30-year, fixed loan is 6.78%, down...
Roundup: Louisiana campaign spending / Federal AI guidance / Interest rates
Campaign spending: With incumbents in five of six Louisiana congressional districts running against poorly-funded opponents, the campaign expenditures on average were down in this...
Ports and unionized dockworkers are in negotiations―again
Unionized dockworkers resumed labor talks this week with employers at ports across the nation as the deadline for a new contract looms two months...
Nearly 50 acres in Gonzales near I-10 sold for $2.3M
The Price LeBlanc family has bought nearly 50 acres off South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, according to public records.
The family purchased two tracts of...
See where Louisiana ranks for EV chargers
While electric vehicles make up less than 1% of the cars traversing Louisiana roadways, the state took the second spot in a recent report...
