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SCORE to host business seminar Dec. 7
Since the start of the year, several national groups that offer different ways to buy and sell used cars have entered the Baton Rouge market.
In this multi-part series, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate takes in-depth look at the economic and energy-producing potential of offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico.
Shrimpers see obstacles that will make their jobs tougher, more dangerous; regulators vow to listen
Like swallows returning to Capistrano, albeit after a year off because of the pandemic, Black Friday shoppers flocked to brick-and-mortar retail centers in search of bargains.
Despite the rise of online shopping, retailers and local shops still offer better deals in store on Black Friday.
Off Rhode Island coast, the air’s cleaner and the fishing’s better, too
New Orleans' commitment to renewable energy caught eye of growing industry
Study sees potential for 510,000 megawatts, twice the current needs of all five Gulf states
Live online panel discussion is schedule Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Turbines could start sprouting in waters off Louisiana and Texas within the decade
Gopuff, a fast-growing grocery delivery service that brings items to customers in about 30 minutes, has opened its first Baton Rouge location.
The COVID pandemic caused drastic changes to the holiday shopping season in 2020.
The three riverboat casinos in Baton Rouge saw their winnings rise by 26.2% in October, topping the year-to-year revenue gains posted statewide.
MOSSVILLE -- The nation’s top environmental official visited this vanishing Black community Thursday and pledged to dig deeper into the “startling” impact of surrounding petrochemical plants and the alleged injustice residents say they’ve faced.
Acadian Ambulance’s co-founder, Richard Zuschlag led viewers on a historical journey of the past 50 years, as the company marked a half-century in business.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday celebrated hundreds of new jobs that will soon arrive in his home parish where a manufacturing company with an already large presence is poised to grow even more.
Shoppers can be thankful to see fully-stocked shelves on their Thanksgiving shopping trips, but they might not be as grateful when they see the price tags on their favorite products.
CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the retail giant adjusts to changing customer needs and converts to new store formats.
MOSSVILLE — Ronald Carrier says he isn’t going anywhere unless he is given what he sees as a fair deal. As his community vanishes around him, the result of a buyout to allow for a chemical plant expansion, he has stayed put.
A south Baton Rouge development proposed weeks before temporary drainage restrictions aimed at curbing flooding went into effect was blocked by the Metro Council amid pressure from residents.
A year of shutdowns and hurricanes threatened oil and gas production on the Gulf Coast, but economists with LSU’s Center for Energy Studies predict an upswing in natural gas investments and refinement over the next several years. Oil investments, …
Honeywell said it will expand its Baton Rouge plant so it can increase production of a chemical used in foam insulation, refrigerators and air conditioners that has low global warming potential.
The Backpacker has purchased a shopping center in Mandeville and plans to open its third location there next October.
After a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are returning to area malls in advance of the holiday shopping season.
Baton Rouge-based General Informatics has acquired Versiant, a fast-growing technology solutions and managed services provider.
Baton Rouge-based Epic Piping announced Tuesday it had acquired BendTech Fabrication & Bending, one of the world's largest induction pipe benders.
The chief executive officer of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center said Monday that “ideological differences” caused the organization to end its nearly 30-year affiliation with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
LAKE CHARLES — When the Golden Nugget unveiled its new sportsbook here last week, it showed its hand and made no bones about it.
Trahan Architects, a global architecture firm with studios in New Orleans, was awarded the AIA Georgia 2021 Excellence Award for Interior Architecture for its design of the Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.
Three-year grant awarded to LSU AgCenter for pest management
After the COVID pandemic caused the Louisiana Smart Growth Summit to be held over the course of several months last fall, the annual event is back next week as a three-day series of panel discussions.
A New Orleans-based company that makes a medical device that regulates the flow rate of IV injections won a Baton Rouge business pitch competition.
Pool Corp. said it has inked a deal to acquire Porpoise Pool & Patio Inc. and its main subsidiaries, which include the largest franchisor of pool and outdoor living stores in the U.S.
St. Helena Parish recently spent $4.8 million to improve its much-maligned roads, but some parish leaders say they're unhappy with the quality of the work.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council grappled with its first two opportunities to recommend penalties for companies who failed to meet their contractual obligations under a controversial economic incentive for manufacturers.
After a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are returning to area malls in advance of the holiday shopping season.
Baton Rouge-based General Informatics has acquired Versiant, a fast-growing technology solutions and managed services provider.
Baton Rouge-based Epic Piping announced Tuesday it had acquired BendTech Fabrication & Bending, one of the world's largest induction pipe benders.
The chief executive officer of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center said Monday that “ideological differences” caused the organization to end its nearly 30-year affiliation with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
LAKE CHARLES — When the Golden Nugget unveiled its new sportsbook here last week, it showed its hand and made no bones about it.
Trahan Architects, a global architecture firm with studios in New Orleans, was awarded the AIA Georgia 2021 Excellence Award for Interior Architecture for its design of the Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.
Three-year grant awarded to LSU AgCenter for pest management
Crowdfunding effort within $8,000 of $100,000 goal
The Avondale Shipyard site on the west bank of Jefferson Parish is in the running to land its first major tenant, a new palm oil processing facility, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
After the COVID pandemic caused the Louisiana Smart Growth Summit to be held over the course of several months last fall, the annual event is back next week as a three-day series of panel discussions.
A New Orleans-based company that makes a medical device that regulates the flow rate of IV injections won a Baton Rouge business pitch competition.
Pool Corp. said it has inked a deal to acquire Porpoise Pool & Patio Inc. and its main subsidiaries, which include the largest franchisor of pool and outdoor living stores in the U.S.