Recently added articles from The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report:
10 QUESTIONS
Jul 14, 2009; ... Gordon Pugh has forgotten more about business law than some will ever learn. Pugh joined Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson as an associate in 1965 and became a partner in 1968, specializing in banking law, commercial litigation and employment discrimination law as business in Baton Rouge ...
Stormy times
Jul 14, 2009; ... Everything in state government is on a tilt right now, spinning around and around toward depths unknown. Sluggish tax collections, an unstable energy market and a lethargic economy are pulling down the body politic, along with its essential services. The pace is accelerating, and a simple blink ...
'Going after the sharks'
Jul 14, 2009; ... You see them on the side of the highway, wearing bright orange jumpsuits as they bend, poke and scrape trash into large plastic bags under the watchful eyes of armed guards. They are prisoners of the Louisiana corrections system, serving sentences of hard labor - a term that ...
A lofty plan
Jul 14, 2009; ... When developer David Slaughter proposed a 115-unit apartment building on the edge of Spanish Town, the reaction from the neighborhood was swift and almost universally negative. There was nothing too surprising about that; neighborhood associations routinely oppose new developments in their ...
Kip's re-vision
Jul 14, 2009; ... Mayor Kip Holden's vast master plan - the $989 million bond proposal for capital improvements - came 3,071 votes short of passing. It was a gut-wrenching defeat for supporters, but a victory for people who didn't want to see another tax added to a growing list of household bills during tough ...