A banana-flavored tiki drink sparked Derek Stewart’s latest venture: Exquisite Elixirs, a Louisiana-based line of small-batch mixers and syrups launched in late 2023, 225 writes.  Stewart, already ...

A controversial bill to end confidentiality for tipsters reporting government misconduct to Louisiana’s ethics board has failed. The proposal, which missed a key Senate deadline, would have required ...

Louisiana is rewriting the script on how it attracts film and television productions. Last week, Gov. Jeff Landry signed into ...

Construction has wrapped up on the new 15,500-square-foot recreation center and swimming pool at Howell Community Park. BREC offered a tour of the facility Tuesday morning before Friday evening’s ...

Blue Bayou Water Park is being leased to a Mandeville management company to operate under a new name, according to an announcement Tuesday. Leisure, Sports and Recreation LLC, the operator of Gulf ...

Benz of Baton Rouge For 15 years, Guy Oliver, owner of GW Oliver Aquatics, has relied on Mercedes-Benz to power his business ...

The conversion of the top floor of the Commerce Building on Laurel Street into two penthouse units is complete, with the ...

Last week, lawmakers passed legislation to address “legacy lawsuits” against oil and gas companies over alleged environmental damage. Those attempts on Sunday came in the form of amendments to a ...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center last week formally launched its Greaux Healthy initiative, designed to address ...

Louisiana lawmakers are poised to tap into a state savings account to the tune of $1.2 billion, redirecting those funds toward infrastructure, economic development and tech upgrades rather than ...

After voters rejected a constitutional amendment in March to overhaul state tax law, and in the wake of senators stalling a House-backed plan in recent days to cut individual income and sales taxes, ...

There’s a quiet momentum building in Baton Rouge—and it’s time we lean into it, not shy away. As Business Report publisher Julio Melara writes in his latest column, initiatives to elevate our downtown ...