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Trading ended Friday on the Burkenroad Fund, a unique small cap mutual fund set up by students at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Baton Rouge General, along with Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates have signed a letter of intent to expand access to cancer care with a focus on treatment closer to where patients live.
A Rosedale farmer accused of firing gunshots and shouting obscenities at workers after they asked for food and water was ordered by federal regulators to stop retaliating against employees and stop obstructing their investigation into labor violations.
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Hurricane Ida did at least $584 million in damage to the Louisiana agriculture industry, according to a new report from the LSU AgCenter.
One of the busiest convenience stores in Baton Rouge is going to expand, now that the owners have purchased a 1-acre site off College Drive for $1.25 million.
A few years after Marathon Petroleum Company LP was approved for property tax incentives for additions at its St. John the Baptist Parish crude oil refinery the company decided to cancel its contract, foregoing millions in tax breaks.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center plans to invest $10 million for a new cancer treatment program at its Baton Rouge hospital that will allow oncologists to target tumors not typically treatable with standard therapies.
Sunbelt Lighting is building a 12,557-square-foot showroom and warehouse at 11020 Airline Highway.
Baton Rouge-based healthcare business Amedisys Inc. has reached a deal to expand in North Carolina.
The U.S. Small Business Administration will open SBA recovery centers in Hammond and Thibodaux this week to help businesses impacted by Hurricane Ida.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission denied a proposed development and pushed back another amid pressure from residents worried about flooding.
Football helmet cooling startup gets $1.5 million in funding, snags deals with LSU, Alabama, Clemson
A local technology startup that makes cooler, more comfortable football helmets has raised more than $1.5 million from investors and garnered deals from major college programs such as LSU, Alabama and Clemson.
In pre-COVID-19 times, business events — from small academic conferences to giant trade shows like CES — routinely attracted more than 1 billion participants each year. The pandemic brought those global gatherings to a sudden halt, emptying conven…
Ochsner opens new urgent care clinic in Baton Rouge
Shutdowns caused by Hurricane Ida caused Baton Rouge casino revenues to come in 7% lower in August than they did the year before.
The Coterie Exchange is a retail/office development at 7575 Jefferson Highway that will be completed in October. Kris Klar is the developer, and his business Stone Baton Rouge will move its headquarters into one of the buildings. Stone sells luxur…
The first Baton Rouge location of Total Wine is set to open September 23.
Home sales in metro Baton Rouge were down by 10% in August, the second month there has been a year-to-year decrease in sales.
More than two weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall nearly a quarter of industrial sites in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans area remain idle, while more than half are beginning to restart operations.
Baton Rouge native Hayley Arceneaux is headed to space, and you can watch her take off.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is committing $5 million to help Louisiana rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
The 11th annual LSU 100, which recognizes the fastest-growing businesses either owned or led by LSU graduates is out.
Baton Rouge restaurant operator Stephen Hightower said he hopes to open Proverbial Wine Bistro in the Long Farm Village within the next month.
Chevron Corporation has committed $3 million to help with Hurricane Ida relief and recovery efforts.
In response to the catastrophic toll that Hurricane Ida had on communities throughout south Louisiana, Walk-On’s is opening a relief kitchen at 1977 Prospect Blvd. in Houma.
Consumer and business spending in East Baton Rouge Parish is 15.8% higher through June when compared to the first half of 2020.
Hancock Whitney Bank is committing $2.5 million to help customers, employees and communities that were in the path of Hurricane Ida.
While the Mississippi River is open for commerce, the situation is far from normal, and it's unclear how long it may take to rebuild after Hurricane Ida.
Churchill’s Wine and Cigars plans to move from its Jefferson Highway location into a space in the Acadian-Perkins Plaza currently occupied by Claitor’s Law Books.
April Hawthorne, the new executive director of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District, said she wants to work with stakeholders to build a more vibrant city.
An infusion of sales tax revenue the construction of the $215 million Amazon fulfillment center is projected to generate for city-parish coffers will also fund the construction of a new community center in the lone Metro Council district that does…
Jayden Moody, now in her senior year at Istrouma High School, considered becoming a nurse, but now she's leaning toward engineering — either audio or mechanical.
St. Tammany Corp. announces new certified site
The first El Pollo Loco restaurant in Baton Rouge is set to open in October.
When East Baton Rouge passed stricter flood protection rules for developers, Councilman Dwight Hudson remarked how the move was unlikely to make anyone happy.
Louisiana businesses are processing the sweeping new COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued by President Joe Biden, which order employers with more than 100 workers to require immunizations or weekly testing.
The sounds of power lines cracking, category four winds howling and generators buzzing filled Chet Chiasson’s ears as he and several other parish officials prayed for Hurricane Ida to have mercy on their bayou, their port and their livelihoods.
When East Baton Rouge passed stricter flood protection rules for developers, Councilman Dwight Hudson remarked how the move was unlikely to make anyone happy.
Louisiana businesses are processing the sweeping new COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued by President Joe Biden, which order employers with more than 100 workers to require immunizations or weekly testing.
The sounds of power lines cracking, category four winds howling and generators buzzing filled Chet Chiasson’s ears as he and several other parish officials prayed for Hurricane Ida to have mercy on their bayou, their port and their livelihoods.
A 2.1-acre tract at the intersection of Interstate 12 and Millerville Road has been sold for $800,000 to a Cincinnati-area developer that plans to build a shooting range and gun store.
Federal agency installs detectors at sites in New Orleans, Norco, Reserve, Garyville, Port Fourchon
IberiaBank/First Horizon Corp. has pledged to donate $1 million to help South Louisiana communities affected by Hurricane Ida.
There was a spike in new unemployment claims across Louisiana as residents impacted by Hurricane Ida sought help after the storm.
Entergy has restored power to more than 90% of customers in the greater New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas, company officials said Friday morning, even as nearly one in four customers in Jefferson Parish remains out.
New construction will soon have to meet stricter drainage rules in East Baton Rouge after a unanimous vote by Metro Council Wednesday.
Baton Rouge-area pharmacies saw customers flocking to get prescriptions after Hurricane Ida prompting longer lines than usual this week.
Lockport-based Bollinger temporarily closed five of its locations along the Louisiana coast after Hurricane Ida caused damage to the facilities.
Carnival canceled its cruise ship schedule for Glory, which was to restart Sept. 12