It wasn’t exactly a banner year for the East Baton Rouge Parish commercial real estate market. The parish ended 2024 on a lower note with a dip in sales transactions and deal velocity, according to ...

Global contractor MMR Group is building a new office in Ascension Parish and adding to its main campus on Airline Highway.  The 20,000-square-foot office will be located further down Airline Highway ...

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.93% from 6.91% last week, according ...

While the first 90 days in office may focus on identifying strategic issues and delivering a few quick wins for the company, the period following that that is when obstacles start to emerge, the ...

Jude Melville, CEO of Baton Rouge-based b1Bank, has been named among the top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2024. The Financial Technology Report ranked Melville 23rd on the list. See the full list.

Initial unemployment claims filings are picking up again in Louisiana after dropping some 30% at the very end of last year. ...

Houston heavy mechanical contracting company Wyatt Field Service is expanding its Louisiana presence. After outgrowing its Port Allen office, the refining and petrochemical service company held a ...

Local homebuilder DSLD just purchased more than 100 lots to expand one of its residential communities in Gonzales. The homebuilder bought 108 lots through DSLD Homes LLC from Conway Development ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has tapped Scott Ballard as the next chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors. Ballard, a Covington businessman, was appointed to the board last year. Landry also announced the ...

As the first physician to chair the U.S. Senate HELP Committee since 1933 (back when it was just the Education and Labor Committee), Sen. Bill Cassidy hasn’t yet hesitated in 2025 to flex his health ...

Ever wonder what CEOs and entrepreneurs were doing before they climbed the corporate ladder? From termite scooper to actress Julia Roberts’ personal assistant, the path to the top can be as ...

The top LSU executive who was the force behind the university’s tech transfer initiatives and a key advocate for ...