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Kirk Burleigh, owner of Cameron Fire Equipment in Cameron Parish, inherited his fire extinguisher servicing and general mechanics business from his father, but after Hurricane Laura barreled through his home and shop, he's not sure he can recover.
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The Baton Rouge area added 11,400 jobs from July to August as economic activity continues to pick up from the coronavirus pandemic, but the region still had 22,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago.
Businesses received temporary relief from an automatic 20% surcharge on their employment taxes, and jobless workers dodged for now a 10% cut in their payments thanks to the non-action of a state government board on Friday.
The Advocate and Cox Business are partnering on a new program in October that will spotlight minority-owned businesses that are dealing with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
It's been about two years since LSU and Southern University in Baton Rouge adopted the same technology tool known as Handshake for their students to connect with employers for jobs. Now the Baton Rouge Area Chamber is pushing local businesses to j…
P.F. Chang’s has said that up to 75 employees at both its Baton Rouge and Metairie restaurants could face reduced hours for more than six months.
With the first home game of the 2020 LSU football season around the corner, some businesses said they don’t know what to expect from a season that has already been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
'"We can't furlough all our employees. Our first responsibility is the humane and first-class treatment of all our animals,' CEO says
The Times-Picayune and The Advocate have been honored with a prestigious award from the National Association of Science Writers for the newspaper’s series “Polluter’s Paradise,” published last year with the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, the largest health insurance provider in the state, expects to offer credits on health care policy premiums totaling $26.7 million across tens of thousands businesses and individuals by the end of this year.
The first Regymen Fitness location in Canada is set to open this month through a partnership between the Baton Rouge-based company and GoodLife Fitness, the world’s fourth-largest global fitness brand.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, LSU and Southern University are expected to roll out details of a new collaboration among the partners to entice college students to stay and work in the region after graduation.
The Coast Guard has awarded a contract to Bollinger Shipyards to build four more Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters, which will bring the total number of the vessels built at the Lockport shipyard to 60.
GONZALES — Ascension Parish government has given itself until Friday to submit a counter offer to a local sewer company seeking to run -- and perhaps buy -- the parish's sewage treatment assets.
Baton Rouge area
Farm-to-school event goes virtual
Baton Rouge-based Alexander's Market, owned by the Alexander family, is adding a third store to its footprint.
Many industrial sites across the petrochemical hub in the Lake Charles area expect to have access to the redundant power they need to run 24-hour operations by mid-October, though some could take weeks or months longer.
Louisiana's nonfarm employment fell by 133,900 jobs, or 6.7%, over the 12 months through August.
Revenue at Baton Rouge’s three riverboat casinos were down by 11.7% in August compared to a year ago, the best performance of any of the state’s gambling markets during a month marred by Hurricane Laura and continuing restrictions on the number of…
Both new and existing state unemployment claims declined last week, with 16,182 new claims filed and 250,244 traditionally employed residents receiving continuing jobless benefits in the state.
The state is putting the former Champion Insurance complex on Government Street up for sale, with a minimum asking price of $4.255 million.
A joint venture between the public and private sector aimed at supporting more innovation in health care has raised $1.2 million to help finance its efforts a three-year period in Baton Rouge.
Red Stick Social, a Mid City events space, has suspended its regular day-to-day operations but is still open for private functions.
The Capital region was battered by the economic recession spurred by the coronavirus pandemic and the public health restrictions which engulfed the world economy for the past six months.
The number of homes sold in metro Baton Rouge was 11.2% higher in August than the year before, continuing a hot streak triggered by low interest rates.
Hurricane Laura caused an estimated $1.6 billion in damage to Louisiana crops and forests — easily topping $1.5 billion inflicted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
Baton Rouge is forecast to recover by the end of 2022 the jobs lost during the coronavirus pandemic — a bloodletting over the past six months that exceeded the hits by the 2016 flood, the Great Recession in 2008 and the 1980's oil market crash.
Dow Chemical signed a deal to sell the marine and storage terminal operations at its St. Charles and Plaquemine sites for $620 million to a joint venture between a global hedge fund and a Dutch terminal operator.
Baton Rouge area
Businesses said they were disappointed with Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to continue to keep most bars closed and cut off alcohol sales at 10 p.m. as part of the ongoing effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.
State unemployment benefits rolls swelled again last week, reflecting the impact of Hurricane Laura as 256,184 continuing claims were paid compared to 249,610 one week before.
Covington-based Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. is emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, having reorganized the business over the past four months and added more leadership — including a former Louisiana governor.
GONZALES — A retired Baton Rouge doctor is proposing a 60-unit condominium complex in the La. 42 corridor of Prairieville where a handful of other townhome-style projects have been built in recent years.
The 10th annual LSU 100, a list of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by LSU graduates, is out.
The Lake Charles gambling market could start reopening as early as next week after being shut down since August 25 by Hurricane Laura.
Market forces were already at work ahead of Hurricane Laura in the shutdown of Calcasieu Refining Co., a small independent oil refinery in southwest Louisiana.
Baton Rouge area
Businesses said they were disappointed with Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to continue to keep most bars closed and cut off alcohol sales at 10 p.m. as part of the ongoing effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.
State unemployment benefits rolls swelled again last week, reflecting the impact of Hurricane Laura as 256,184 continuing claims were paid compared to 249,610 one week before.
Covington-based Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. is emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, having reorganized the business over the past four months and added more leadership — including a former Louisiana governor.
GONZALES — A retired Baton Rouge doctor is proposing a 60-unit condominium complex in the La. 42 corridor of Prairieville where a handful of other townhome-style projects have been built in recent years.
The 10th annual LSU 100, a list of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by LSU graduates, is out.
The Lake Charles gambling market could start reopening as early as next week after being shut down since August 25 by Hurricane Laura.
Market forces were already at work ahead of Hurricane Laura in the shutdown of Calcasieu Refining Co., a small independent oil refinery in southwest Louisiana.
BURNSIDE — Two months ago, officials with LAlumina LLC, a private startup that hoped to bring the old Ormet alumina complex to profitability, announced continued economic challenges would force them to lay off more than 300 employees by mid-August.
Flooding causes more residential losses than high winds, according to a report.
About one-third of industrial plant managers expect their plant production to increase over the next six months, a glimmer of optimism for the Baton Rouge industrial sector.
Hurricane Laura survivors who are insurance policy holders were impacted by a new emergency rule by the Louisiana insurance commissioner which enables residents to file insurance claims during a situation when hundreds of thousands are still witho…