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Oil markets close 2025 in retreat as glut fears grow
Global oil markets are closing out 2025 with their steepest annual decline since the pandemic, as swelling supplies overwhelm a year dominated by wars,...
Roundup: M&A deals / Market update / State Rep. Paula DavisÂ
Looking ahead: After a record 68 global megadeals above $10 billion in 2025, Wall Street banks expect another blockbuster year in 2026, fueled by...
Can Mayor Edwards’ vision for Baton Rouge endure when his budget is shrinking?
On the campaign trail, Sid Edwards spoke in the language of possibility. A longtime football coach and political outsider, he pitched himself as a...
US initial unemployment claims dip below 200,000Â
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week with layoffs remaining low despite a weakening labor market.
U.S. applications for jobless claims fell to 199,000...
Gov. Landry fast-tracks special elections for Supreme Court and BESE seats
Gov. Jeff Landry has set a compressed special-election schedule to fill two Northshore vacancies on the Louisiana Supreme Court and the state Board of...
Louisiana initial unemployment claims fall for a second straight week
Initial unemployment claims 12/20
Continued unemployment claims 12/20
Roundup: US home prices / Bankruptcies / Restaurant closures
Up slightly: U.S. home prices rose modestly in October as cities in the Northeast led gains and Sun Belt markets slipped. The Case-Shiller index...
IRS increases business mileage rate by 2.5 cents for 2026
The standard mileage rate for the business use of a car, truck, van or other vehicle will increase by 2.5 cents in 2026.
The IRS...
How Louisiana is helping fuel a global surge in LNG exports
Global liquefied natural gas exports surged in 2025 at the fastest pace in three years as a wave of new North American projects came...
Five tax credits to keep in mind this tax season
Millions of Americans are leaving real money on the table every tax season—often because they don’t realize how many credits they actually qualify for,...
Roundup: Diversity hiring / Climate change / US materials companies
Under investigation: The Trump administration has opened civil investigations into corporate diversity hiring programs, using the False Claims Act—a law historically aimed at billing...
Louisiana’s rural hospitals set to get help from a federal funding initiativeÂ
Louisiana is set to receive $208 million in new federal funding aimed at stabilizing and modernizing rural hospitals, Louisiana Illuminator writes.Â
The money is a...
‘LaPolitics’: Democratic candidates slowly emerging in US Senate race
Now that former Gov. John Bel Edwards has officially dashed any hopes that he will run against U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy in 2026, the...
As Corporate America thrives, small businesses tighten their beltsÂ
America’s economy is booming—if you’re big enough, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
While corporate giants are riding record profits and the artificial intelligence rally, many...
Roundup: LNG export deal / Beef prices / Hut 8
Agreement with Turkey: Woodside Energy has signed a binding deal to supply Turkey’s state-owned BOTAS with about 5.8 billion cubic meters of LNG for...
Retail ends 2025 with sales gains and plenty of doubt
Americans are shopping—but not with confidence, The Washington Post writes.Â
As the 2025 holiday season closes, economists say consumer behavior looks less like a clear...
Residents fear Hyundai’s planned steel mill could disturb historic sites Â
Residents in the Modeste area of Ascension Parish are raising alarm that Hyundai Steel’s planned $5.8 billion mill could erase generations of local history,...
Wastewater pressures are raising alarms in America’s top oil field
America’s biggest oil field is under mounting strain—and the culprit isn’t just drilling, it’s wastewater, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
In the Permian Basin, where...
A ‘silent credibility gap’ is undermining women in power
Despite a banner year for women leaders across politics and corporate boardrooms, public trust in female leadership is stagnating—and in some countries, declining, Bloomberg...
Roundup: Seafood industry aid / Shopping trends / Dating apps for jobs
Bill proposed: A bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., would expand federal seafood disaster aid to cover economic harm caused by foreign...
