Generation Next
Generation Next
Something new is cooking at Charley G’s.
By Erin Z. Bass
From Product to Patent
InventureWorks has found a home in Gordon Towers on Vermilion Street, overlooking the atrium of what was once a very attractive old hotel. Now it houses businesses ranging from Poupart’s Bistro to a shoe shine stand, all of which began as dreams and ideas.
Big Deals 2011
ABiz looks back on the diverse announcements, transactions, issues and happenings that helped define the local business community in the past year.
Creature Feature?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Silent for days, the Grand Theatre comes clean on speculation it was down-playing the seriousness of bed bugs. By Heather Miller
As of Nov. 14, The Grand Theatres in Lafayette are bed bug-free and the process by which a movie theater is treated for the creatures has been thoroughly outlined by a company executive. But when reports of bed bugs at The Grand 16 on Johnston Street surfaced recently, that same company executive waited five days to give a statement that put the skin-crawling issue to rest.
Keeping It Legal
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Louisiana has passed two bills aimed at discouraging businesses from hiring undocumented workers, with significant potential penalties for employers.
By David Jacobs
In April, Arizona enacted a tough anti-illegal immigration law, making the failure to carry documents that prove legal status a crime and giving police broad authority to detain people they suspect are in this country illegally.
A law passed in Alabama, temporarily blocked in August by a federal judge, contains harsh penalties for businesses that hire illegal workers, including the permanent revocation of licenses and permits.
Louisiana legislators passed two bills in the past session aimed at discouraging businesses from hiring undocumented workers. While neither grabbed headlines the way the Arizona and Alabama laws did, the bills contain significant potential penalties for employers.
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