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Roundup: Trump’s AI policy / French Quarter trash / UnitedHealth Group
The American standard: The Trump administration’s new AI policy blueprint seeks to make American technology the standard for artificial intelligence globally by making it...
Construction firms dominate Capital Region’s private sector growth
Capital Region private companies are powering ahead—and the numbers speak for themselves.
According to Business Report’s 2025 Top 100 Private Companies list, local businesses collectively...
BTR has added these flights for LSU football games this season
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has announced the addition of nonstop flights from Baton Rouge for four LSU games this season. The flight will be...
Burst of builder incentives fails to spur a turnaround in US new home sales
New home sales in the U.S. remained sluggish in June despite builders offering aggressive incentives to counter high prices and borrowing costs, Bloomberg reports.
Sales...
Mortgage rates dip slightly but borrowing costs remain elevated
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased this week, but offering little relief for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices.
The long-term rate...
Thomas Sawyer, former CEO of Baton Rouge General, dies
Thomas “Tom” Sawyer, who led the Baton Rouge General Hospital system as CEO for 16 years until 1997, died Sunday at the age of...
How to create a workplace that benefits both young and older workers
Creating workspaces built for an aging workforce stands to benefit companies, as the number of workers age 65 and older in the U.S. continues...
Here’s what Louisiana collected in severance taxes during Q2 of this year
Louisiana collected more than $81 million in severance taxes during the quarter ending June 30, with oil and gas revenues nearly evenly split, The...
Hospital specializing in surgical care for breast cancer opens in Baton Rouge
A hospital specializing in complex breast cancer and reconstructive surgery has opened in Baton Rouge.
Construction of the approximately 43,000-square-foot ReCenter Hospital, located on Mourning...
What the latest jobless claims numbers say about the national job market
The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April.
The Labor Department reported Thursday...
Roundup: Rail merger talks / Chemical plants / Business activity
Coast to coast: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern acknowledged Thursday that they were in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with...
How small businesses can better use AI
AI may be hailed as the ultimate productivity tool, but for many small and midsize businesses, that promise has not been delivered, Fast Company...
Roundup: Cost of chocolate / Home rentals / Chevron layoffs
Hershey raising prices: Hershey, the maker of Reese’s, Whoppers, barkThins and other chocolate candies, said Wednesday that it will raise U.S. retail prices later...
WRKF and LPB search for ways to offset federal funding cuts
Two of Baton Rouge’s public media outlets are bracing for funding cuts after Congress voted July 17 to eliminate $1.1 billion in support for...
High prices and slow sales continue to dominate the US housing market
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and the national...
Why Louisiana is joining a conservative higher education accrediting body
Louisiana is joining six other Southern states in forming a new, conservative-led college accrediting body, bypassing long-established education standards, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
Gov. Jeff Landry...
Louisiana’s natural gas production picks up after two-year decline
After a two-year slump, Louisiana’s natural gas production is rebounding—driven by rising prices, renewed drilling and major federal policy shifts backing fossil fuel development,...
Will Oak View Group continue to develop arenas?
The CEO of Denver-based Oak View Group, the final firm in consideration to develop LSU’s new $400 million arena, was indicted by the U.S....
Roundup: Trade deal with Japan / Morgan Stanley / AI drug research
Tariff agreement: President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation, down...
Metro Council wants AG input on law reshaping the BREC Commission
The Metro Council at its Wednesday meeting will authorize the parish attorney’s office to request an opinion from the state attorney general on how...
