The International Paper Mill in Bogalusa expects to invest $52.2 million to modernize the manufacturing site, which is the largest employer in Washington Parish.
New unemployment claims across Louisiana remained higher for the first three weeks of January as interest in qualifying for federal coronavirus relief package benefits prompted many jobless applications.
A new benefit may be encouraging more Americans to apply for help.
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A request to allow alcohol sales in the Millennial Park shipping container food court development has been deferred for a month to allow the owner to consider his options.
Subaru of Baton Rouge is about to start work on a nearly 10,000-square-foot expansion that will create about 15 new jobs at the Airline Highway car dealership.
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to hear a rezoning request Wednesday from the owners of Millennial Park, who want to sell alcohol at the Florida Boulevard development.
Baton Rouge-based Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux plans to open 25 restaurants this year, roll out a new menu and introduce a new on-campus concept that it hopes will allow for more development opportunities.
A three-acre site along Airline Highway in Prairieville has been sold for $1.2 million to an investor who might build a seafood restaurant and retail on the property.
Louisiana Farm Bureau has obtained a building permit for its $21 million office that will be built off Corporate Boulevard.
Southern Craft Brewing Co., Baton Rouge’s second microbrewery, announced Monday it is closing after almost 5 years in business.
The project is meant to expand critical oil exports for Canada.
On its way out the door, President Donald Trump's administration has finally turned on a long-awaited spigot of federal dollars to begin paying the 65% federal share of the $3 billion, 92-mile Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system that will protect th…
Baton Rouge area
Agencies developing crop grower program
The Pelican State Portfolio, a group of Louisiana stocks tracked by the newspaper, largely performed better than the broader markets during the fourth quarter and for 2020, thanks to a positive run for bank and mid-cap stocks.
Louisiana Citizens insurance sheds more policies to private market; curbs hurricane damage liability
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurance business which covers homes and businesses no other insurer will, shed more policies despite several hurricanes that swept across the Gulf Coast.
The two largest banks in Louisiana ranked by total deposits trimmed a combined 34 branch locations during 2020, with fewer customers visiting bank branches and doing more banking online and some branch consolidations cited as reasons.
Solar energy farm builders will now need to submit their plans before building in West Baton Rouge Parish after the parish council approved a measure Thursday that would give them more oversight on those projects.
Local economic experts expect the Baton Rouge area to recover by the end of 2021 a decade worth of job gains that were shed by the economy in a single month last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Local experts provided a forecast of what the new year has in store for the Baton Rouge economy Thursday during The Advocate's Outlook 2021 economic summit. Here are five major takeaways from the online event:
New unemployment claims across Louisiana surged for the second week in a row as interest in the federal coronavirus relief package benefits prompted a flood of new applications.
A new seafood restaurant is set to open in May at the Mall of Louisiana, in a building that had previously been occupied by Bar Louie.
About 60 Louisiana business owners met virtually with members of Congress Wednesday as part of a campaign to get more pandemic relief for small businesses.
The Advocate held a virtual economic outlook summit at 9 a.m. Thursday looking at the Baton Rouge-area economy for 2021.
Enrollment in the individual health care exchange in Louisiana has shrunk for the fifth year in a row, attributed in part to a continuing shift to Medicaid as people lost jobs to the coronavirus-inflicted recession.
Having struggled in recent months after three decades in business, Mo Hair salon owner Joan Louis is looking to apply for another round of federal loan funds to keep the business running through the coronavirus pandemic.
Walter Surface Technologies based in Montreal has acquired Baton Rouge-based Drillco Cutting Tools.
Houston-based Orbital Energy Group Inc. has created subsidiary Eclipse Foundation Group, specializing in building foundations in difficult terrain such as marshlands.
The 650,000-square-foot distribution center and office space will be located adjacent to the Hammond airport on two tracts of land purchased by Medline.
A Dillard's clearance center, the lone anchor property remaining at Cortana Mall, is closing in April.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber outlined its goals Monday for 2021, which spanned from local businesses' economic recovery to promoting diversity and inclusion in the region.
After three decades as a hairstylist, Lahoma Chase took the leap into entrepreneurship during the coronavirus pandemic and started a sweets business — in a portable building.
Baton Rouge area
The Advocate will hold a virtual economic outlook summit at 9 a.m. Jan. 14, looking at the Baton Rouge-area economy for 2021.
Federal funds OKd for Bollinger cutters
Local banks are gearing up to take applications from Louisiana businesses seeking a slice of the $284 billion in federal loans that a government agency says will be available starting next week to help mostly small businesses survive the coronavir…
A new round of Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $284 million will start becoming available to select lenders and borrowers on Monday, according to the U.S. Small Business administration.
Shoot Point Blank, a Cincinnati-based chain of gun stores and shooting ranges, plans to open a 15,000-square-foot location at the intersection of Interstate 12 and Millerville Road.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission this past week processed an extra $300 in payments for 139,300 unemployed individuals across the state — totaling $41 million.
Baton Rouge area
The Advocate will hold a virtual economic outlook summit at 9 a.m. Jan. 14, looking at the Baton Rouge-area economy for 2021.
Federal funds OKd for Bollinger cutters
Freeport-McMoRan chief a force in civic, business affairs in 1980s, '90s
Local banks are gearing up to take applications from Louisiana businesses seeking a slice of the $284 billion in federal loans that a government agency says will be available starting next week to help mostly small businesses survive the coronavir…
A new round of Paycheck Protection Program loans totaling $284 million will start becoming available to select lenders and borrowers on Monday, according to the U.S. Small Business administration.
Shoot Point Blank, a Cincinnati-based chain of gun stores and shooting ranges, plans to open a 15,000-square-foot location at the intersection of Interstate 12 and Millerville Road.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission this past week processed an extra $300 in payments for 139,300 unemployed individuals across the state — totaling $41 million.
A company with ties to Amazon has filed a request to turn Cortana Mall into a 2.9-million-square foot distribution center.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has a new business venture, as a board member and franchisee for Stretch Zone, which uses assisted stretching to help with fitness training and recovery.
The numbers suggest that employers have rehired roughly all the workers they can afford to hire.
Some crawfish farmers were hurt last spring when the coronavirus pandemic caused demand to plummet. But like anything else, many farms were able to rebound.