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Roundup: Housing affordability / Live After Five lineup / Meta on trial
Louisiana has lowest gap: Louisiana had the lowest housing affordability gap in the nation, with home prices rising 40% from 2015 to 2024 while...
LPSC weighs private power generation for large energy customers
Louisiana regulators are revisiting a proposal that would change how large electricity users obtain power, The Center Square reports.
Senate Bill 490, which proposed allowing...
AI could boost the economy, but can it help fix America’s debt?
AI could significantly reshape the U.S. economy and potentially improve the nation’s fiscal outlook, but economists caution that it will not solve the country’s...
Amazon is upping its data center commitment in northwest Louisiana by $6B
Amazon is expanding its planned investment in Northwest Louisiana from $12 billion to $18 billion by adding a third data center campus at Resilient...
Roundup: Fewer gamblers / American Airlines / US manufacturing momentum
Online survey findings: Gallup found that 45% of U.S. adults reported gambling in the past year, down from 64% in 2016, though a separate...
Data centers need power now. Natural gas is filling the gap
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and data centers is creating enormous demand for electricity, pushing developers to build their own natural gas power...
Meet the 2026 Louisiana Energy Awards honorees and finalists
10/12 Industry Report today named the honorees and finalists for its second annual Louisiana Energy Awards, which will be presented Nov. 18 at L'Auberge...
‘LaPolitics’: Will new debit card rules affect local governments?
Senate Commerce Chair Beth Mizell thought she had a relatively simple bill.
Senate Bill 254—now Act 751—bars merchants from charging extra to customers who pay...
Tech companies are fighting the AI “slop” they helped create
AI-generated “slop” has become increasingly common across the internet, filling platforms with low-quality, repetitive and misleading content, The New York Times reports.
It appears in...
Roundup: Louisiana International Terminal / Ethane demand / Robot rush
Gateway to growth: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted the federal permit for the Louisiana International Terminal, clearing the way for construction...
US-Iran standoff threatens to raise global energy prices even higher
The deal that U.S. President Donald Trump signed at Versailles in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran and...
From one startup to the next: Michael Scarbrough keeps building
At 18, Michael Scarbrough caught the startup bug, and he’s never looked back.
The serial entrepreneur has launched, bought and sold businesses across south Louisiana,...
Roundup: Strategic Petroleum Reserve / Invisible AI trail / Verizon’s request declined
Low level poses risk: The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, stored in underground salt caverns along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast, has fallen below...
Is America losing its edge in the global talent race?
The U.S. still has a major advantage in attracting top scientific and technological talent, but that advantage is weakening as China becomes a more...
ICYMI: Baton Rouge Youth Coalition CEO Lucas Spielfogel to step down in December
The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition has announced that Lucas Spielfogel will step down as CEO on Dec. 31. Spielfogel, who has served as CEO...
Roundup: Thibodaux’s financial audit / JPMorgan cuts ties / Iran isolation intensifies
Exposed weakness: A fraudulent $1,596 payment exposed weaknesses in Thibodaux’s financial controls, including vendor banking changes, utility accounts, payroll records and reconciliations. Auditors found...
Flock Safety strengthens oversight as customers push back on surveillance
Flock Safety, a company that operates a nationwide network of automated license-plate-reading cameras, is facing growing criticism from lawmakers, civil liberties groups and the...
The race for critical minerals is creating a corporate naming mess
The U.S. government’s push to reduce dependence on China for critical minerals has sparked a boom in mining companies seeking investment and government support,...
Meet the Capital Region 500: Linda Perez Clark
Linda Perez Clark is the managing partner for Kean Miller, and she counsels privately held and public companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance...
Why Ascension is prepping now for data centers
No data center has come knocking on Ascension Parish’s door—and the community’s leaders would like to have the rules written before one does.
That was...
