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Roundup: Les Miles lawsuit / National Small Business Week Awards / Louisiana students
‘Fails to make a claim’: The NCAA has stepped in and requested that a Louisiana judge dismiss Les Miles' lawsuit against LSU for vacating...
Why small business owners are more optimistic despite lingering challenges
Small business owners overall are feeling positive about their business and achieving the goals they set for this year despite inflation and high labor...
Roundup: Jefferson Highway / Adam Knapp / Oil and gas industry
Lane closures: DOTD announced that Jefferson Highway will have inside lane closures in both directions, from Bluebonnet Boulevard to Arnold Lane, starting at 5...
Agreement reached in cleanup of red dust from shuttered Ascension plant
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Ascension Parish have agreed to share responsibility for the cleanup of red dust that has been blowing...
Baton Rouge company to assume chemical production from DuPont
Baton Rouge-based Deltech Holdings will be assuming the production of divinylbenzene from DuPont, the companies announced Tuesday.
Deltech Holdings, a portfolio company of New York-based...
‘LaPolitics’: Department-level cuts are part of budget-balancing act
When it was clear lawmakers would not offer voters a new constitution, and there would be no package of Article VII amendments targeting finance...
‘LaPolitics’: Department-level cuts are part of budget-balancing act
When it was clear lawmakers would not offer voters a new constitution, and there would be no package of Article VII amendments targeting finance...
17,000 AT&T workers in the Southeast strike over contract negotiations
More than 17,000 AT&T workers in nine states across the Southeast are on strike after accusing the company of unfair labor practices during contract...
See the latest company to announce mass tech layoffs
General Motors is cutting more than a thousand employees globally in its software and services division, a partial reversal of a hiring binge in...
Labor Day travel bookings are up
After a record-breaking summer, vacation bookings remain up looking ahead, Bloomberg reports.
Bookings for domestic travel over the Labor Day weekend are up 9% from...
Yet another one-time payment has been approved for Louisiana judges
Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication.
Louisiana judges are set to receive a one-time supplemental payment of $1,500 from the...
US settles with billionaire Carl Icahn for using his company to secure personal loans
Billionaire Carl Icahn and his company were charged by U.S. regulators with failing to disclose personal loans worth billions of dollars obtained using the...
Roundup: Local explosion / AT&T strike / GUMBO 2.0
Fatality: A Lake Charles man working on a natural gas pipeline in a marshy coastal area was killed in a weekend explosion, Louisiana State...
Many buyers and sellers remain skeptical that mortgage rates will fall
After the last two years, there’s a lot of mortgage rate angst across the housing sector, Fast Company reports.
Mortgage rates increased faster than expected...
Roundup: Russel Honoré / Oil prices / Key indicators
Press Club: Gen. Russel Honoré, retired commanding officer of the First U.S. Army and now leader of the Green Army, a coalition of environmental...
Planning Commission to take up several key items at tonight’s meeting
The team that drafted the master plan to boost economic development along the Florida Boulevard corridor will present the plan at Monday night’s Planning...
Sororities across the US are spending millions on houses to stay competitive
Sorority houses are looking a lot different these days.
As The Wall Street Journal writes, many sororities around the nation are either building multimillion dollar...
Genesis 360 makes itself indispensable through a uniquely diverse business model
Sponsored by Genesis 360
Genesis 360 has fashioned itself into an indispensable, multi-faceted resource for the Louisiana business community. In the years since its founding,...
Celebrating 100 years of Tiger Stadium memories
Over the last 100 years, Tiger Stadium has seen it all—football greats, earthquakes, dorm dwellers, and even Taylor Swift.
Known today as one of the...
What the latest Louisiana unemployment numbers show
Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July decreased for a fourth consecutive month, according to the latest figures from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
The seasonally...
