Baton Rouge Business Report15h
‘LaPolitics’: Is teacher pay the way?
Placing the concept of income tax cuts aside, arguably the most popular aspect of Gov. Jeff Landry’s wide-ranging special ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1h
See what the plans are for the proposed Materra apartments
Hammond-based Stoa Group submitted its final development plan for a proposed apartment community at Materra, the 100-acre ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1h
Meet the Capital Region’s 2024 Forty Under 40
They are the next generation of Baton Rouge leaders, and they are driving transformation in business and the community. Among ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
Baton Rouge’s film-focused charter school gets the green light
The Louisiana Academy of Production, a new 9-12 charter school with an emphasis on film and digital media being planned for ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
Roundup: Withdrawing home equity / Early voting / Tropical Storm Rafael
In the third quarter of this year, mortgage holders withdrew $48 billion of home equity—the largest volume in the two years. Homeowners are sitting on a little over $17 trillion in total equity ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
Here’s the latest from the Supreme Court on Louisiana’s redistricting challenge
The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts. The court won’t hear arguments until early next year and ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
The site for this proposed development near Zachary just sold for $4.5M
A 201-acre tract set for the Templeton Ridge Development site near Zachary recently changed hands. Templeton EBR LLC, represented by Ryan Power, purchased the property from Templeton Ridge Deve… ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
Data centers may be to blame for higher electricity bills. Here’s why
Some consumers are seeing higher electric bills thanks to the increase of developed data centers, which have high demand for electricity and force regional infrastructure upgrades, The Washington Post ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
The average homebuyer isn’t who it used to be
The typical homebuyer in the U.S. today is more likely to be an older, single woman, Bloomberg reports.  The age of a typical homebuyer jumped to an all-time high of 56 in the US, according to the ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
Where do leading mayoral candidates stand on BREC’s millage renewals?
One item on this year’s ballot allows voters to decide whether to renew two millages that keep BREC afloat. Where do leading ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
How much campaign cash do state regulators receive from utility companies?
Louisiana state regulators receive more campaign cash from utility and oil and gas sources than regulators in many other states, Floodlight reports.  The analysis is a part of a months’ long ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d
See how an email scam altered access to planning and zoning applications
If you’re an avid reader of the East Baton Rouge Planning Commission agenda, you may have noticed a recent change. The applications typically linked to the agenda are no longer there. The commission ...