Baton Rouge Business Report4h
Stephen Hightower is leaving City Group Hospitality
Longtime executive Stephen Hightower is stepping down from City Group Hospitality for an executive position with University ...
Baton Rouge Business Report4h
Roundup: Juvenile offenders / Rising consumer sentiment / Narcan in EBR schools
The Judiciary Committee advanced a bill on Thursday that would streamline the process for prosecuting juvenile offenders as adults in Louisiana. The measure could be decided by Louisiana voters on Nov ...
Baton Rouge Business Report5h
Could Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry go to the White House?
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has been named as a possible attorney general candidate for President-elect Donald Trump, the USA Today Network reports.  The New York Post reported this week ...
Baton Rouge Business Report5h
Large Bluebonnet Centre office space sells for $2.5M
Weiler Plastic Surgery has purchased the former Hamilton Telecommunications property on Bluebonnet Centre Blvd in the ...
Baton Rouge Business Report5h
‘LaPolitics’: Nungesser is pushing his own tax alternative
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is sounding the alarm about the Landry Administration’s special session proposal to alter a key funding stream his department relies on for tourism promotion. In an interview ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if this project stalls
Louisiana state leaders remain tightlipped about whether a nearly $3 billion project that’s been touted as a linchpin in the state’s coastal restoration efforts will move forward. However, the state ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
Applications for unemployment benefits are rising across the nation
U.S. unemployment benefits applications picked up last week, remaining near average pre-pandemic levels, Bloomberg reports.  Initial claims increased by 3,000 to 221,000 in the week ended Nov. 2, ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
See how much the Fed cut interest rates
The Federal Reserve approved a quarter-point interest-rate cut Thursday, the latest step to prevent large rate increases of the prior 2½ years from weakening the labor market as inflation eases, The ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
Roundup: Small business law clinic / LSU tiger / Banking on it
LSU Law is launching the new Russell J. Stutes Small Business and Community Development Clinic to help small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the state with legal assistance. LSU Law students ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
If LSU beats Bama, would the threat of a $500K fine stop a field rush?
It’s always a big deal when LSU takes on Alabama—and this weekend’s face-off is no exception. Bama Hate Week is well underway, and game hype leveled up all the more with last weekend’s announcement ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
See who purchased a Sherwood Common office space for $3.3M
Industrial civil construction firm Five-S Group purchased the Pelican Financial Plaza office building to expand its operations. The group acquired the property through Andre Smith Venture LLC from ...