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Roundup: Eli Lilly expansion / WARN notices / US jobless claims rise
Investment incoming: Eli Lilly on Wednesday said it will invest at least $27 billion to build four new manufacturing sites in the U.S., as...
Escape room meets ER: FranU takes a different approach to medical training
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is launching its first escape room experience designed to provide physician assistant students with hands-on learning in an...
Roundup: Federal layoffs / Future concerns of workers / LSU distancing from DEI
More cuts incoming: Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed Wednesday by President Donald Trump’s administration that...
As Hooters weighs bankruptcy, are its Louisiana restaurants in danger of closing?
Late last week, Bloomberg reported that Hooters of America is in talks to prepare a bankruptcy filing in the coming months.
Though the future of...
Dockworkers approve their new labor deal with a pay raise
Dockworkers on Tuesday voted in favor for their long-awaited labor deal, which delivers a 62% pay raise and promises peace at ports for the...
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year
The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first...
Superintendent Cole’s Challenge: ‘Dare to Be GREAT’ in 2025
Sponsored by East Baton Rouge Parish School System
As the East Baton Rouge Parish School System moves into 2025, Superintendent Lamont Cole is challenging students,...
Roundup: Meta’s energy impact / BP / Mortgage rates
Energy demand: The rapid rise of data centers has utilities scrambling to meet unprecedented demand. This surge, experts warn, risks driving up electricity rates...
Roundup: Fees at ports / EV chargers turned off / Home Depot earnings
Ramping up: The U.S. trade war with China is escalating beyond tariffs with a plan by the Trump administration to impose steep fees on...
225 Day festivities will return this weekend
In recent years, viral social media posts and local organizations have dubbed Feb. 25 (or 02/25) as 225 Day, with the biggest celebration taking...
How are small business owners feeling about the future?
Small business owners felt more uncertain about the future in January, as they continue to deal with labor challenges and lingering inflation.
According to a...
Pessimistic about the economy, Americans are cutting their spending
More than half of Americans are delaying major life plans due to uncertainty over the economy, Bloomberg reports.
The results are part of a new...
Why this Louisiana stretch will no longer be considered for historic protection
A Louisiana landscape of centuries-old sugar cane plantations and enduring Afro-Creole culture along the Mississippi River had been eligible for receiving rare federal protection...
Roundup: Homeland Security / PitchBR / Consumer confidence
Madison Sheahan: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is planning to tap Madison Sheahan, Louisiana’s head of Wildlife and Fisheries, for a senior...
‘LaPolitics’: Road to a DOTD overhaul will head through the Legislature
The transportation committees for both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature will get together on Wednesday to discuss plans to restructure the state Department of...
How Amendment 2 could impact Louisiana’s financial structure
Louisiana voters face a set of constitutional amendments on March 29 that will impact the state’s governance in financial structure.
Steven Procopio, president of the...
Political anxieties are ramping up at LSU
Amid increasing political pressure on higher education from state and federal government, faculty and administrators shared rare public glimpses of their anxieties Friday at...
Roundup: 50,000 pounds / WrestleMania / H&E Rentals
Drive safe: Seven people were taken to area hospitals this morning after a nine-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near Essen Lane in Baton Rouge...
Trump’s war on wind begins: Developers scrap plans and write down billions
Developers are delaying some wind projects and writing down the value of investments, while other plans are hanging in limbo after President Donald Trump’s...
A financial scandal prompts BESE to restructure this charter school’s leadership
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is reconstituting the governing board of Education Explosion Inc. following an audit that accused the charter...
