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Sep 3, 2024 | 
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At precisely 3:44 each morning, Charles Landry rises out of bed to begin his daily ritual of reading five newspapers on his iPad. Though 70, he has little time for sleep—he’s too busy pursu…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
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Regardless of where one stands on the future of electric vehicles in the U.S., most agree that a reduced dependence upon China would be a good thing. That’s the reasoning behind the U.S. Department of Energy’s November 2023 announcement that $3.5 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, would be used to boost the domestic production of EV batteries and battery materials, a market almost exclusively dominated by China. GO DEEPERIs this Louisiana’s next big industry?
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
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Global companies are investing billions of dollars in the state in a race against China to power electric vehicles. It’s not likely that Louisiana’s fledgling electric vehicle battery industr…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
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Much like the weather phenomena that caused the problem in the first place, Louisiana’s insurance woes will likely get worse before they get better. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
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(Don Kadair)Five years ago, Paola Alvarado had big dreams but no work. She, along with her husband, Luis, and founding member Kerry Ponthier were knocking on doors—but no one was answering. They weren’…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
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(Don Kadair)Today’s apartment market is dramatically different from what it was prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when rental and occupancy figures had been declining for several years due to the…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
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(iStock)It’s not much to hang their hopes on, but sellers can find at least some solace in the latest numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge residential market: The median price for a home in nearly every …Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
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Even after an extensive renovation, Mid-City Tower at 5500 Florida Boulevard is essentially 100% vacant. (Don Kadair)The post-pandemic struggle between employees wanting to work from home and owners wanting them back in the office continues to dampen office demand. It’s a nationwide issue. A recent survey of 80…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives.
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May 2, 2024 | 
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While growing up in Metairie, Melissa Dotson thought she was destined for a career in medicine. Her mother even sent her to Latin camp one summer so she’d be able to read medical terms one day—she still has the camp T–shirt, in fact. But that all changed in 1994 after Dotson’s junior year in high school, when a summer program at LSU—Recruiting into Engineering High-Ability Multicultural Students, or REHAM—opened her eyes to the world of chemical engineering.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
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“We were 100 percentleveraged as the economytook a major dive.”SCOTT BARRINGER, president and CEO, Pala Group (Don Kadair)In retrospect, 2008 probably wasn’t the best year for the managers of Pala Group to borrow money and begin transitioning into an employee-owned company. The founders unwittingly began…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives.
