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Roundup: Hot Art Cool Nights / NFL streaming / Inspection stickers
Back on: Hot Art Cool Nights is back in Baton Rouge’s Mid City after heavy rain pushed the annual festival back a week. The...
Hot inflation data revives fears of interest rate hike
Markets are starting to price in a very different path for the Federal Reserve after a fresh batch of hotter-than-expected inflation data, Reuters writes.
Investors...
Louisiana initial unemployment claims climb from previous week
Initial unemployment claims 05/09/26
Continued unemployment claims 05/09/26
The global fuel crunch is putting US oil refiners in overdrive
U.S. oil refiners are expected to keep fuel production running near full tilt through the rest of the year as the war with Iran...
UnitedHealth’s AI push now includes employee tracking
UnitedHealth Group is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence—and tracking whether some employees are actually using it, Bloomberg writes.
The health care giant is monitoring AI...
This $9.75B Louisiana LNG project just cleared a huge hurdle
A major new LNG project in southwest Louisiana is officially moving forward after Caturus secured $9.75 billion in financing to build its Commonwealth LNG...
Commercial real estate’s ‘extend and pretend’ strategy is starting to crack
After years of delaying the reckoning, commercial real estate lenders are increasingly cutting their losses and offloading troubled property loans at steep discounts, signaling...
Roundup: Boarding boats / Election update / Starbucks layoffs
Reasonable suspicion required: Louisiana lawmakers have approved legislation that would require wildlife agents and other law enforcement officers to have reasonable suspicion before stopping...
‘LaPolitics’: U.S. energy secretary to make stop in Louisiana
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was slated to be in Cameron this morning to highlight the impacts of "American energy dominance achieved under President...
As travel costs surge, companies are forced to rethink business trips
Rising fuel and airfare costs are beginning to reshape how companies approach business travel, Fortune writes.
Fuel transaction costs jumped 14% in a single month,...
Could a Louisiana marsh become a SpaceX launchpad?
SpaceX is reportedly acquiring 136,000 acres of marshland near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, an Acadiana real estate agent has told KADN-TV.
The agent, Jim...
Beyond the suburbs: The rise of the exurbs
As America’s overall population growth slows, the country’s hottest boomtowns are increasingly found far beyond major city centers, The Wall Street Journal writes.
New census...
Roundup: BRCC’s big send-off / US jobless claims / AI for small business
1,200 graduates: Baton Rouge Community College will celebrate more than 1,200 graduates next week, including a record-breaking class of roughly 200 dual enrollment students...
Employee misconduct is becoming harder for companies to ignore
Rising workplace misconduct is becoming a growing concern for employers, with new research suggesting the problem may be rooted in shifting attitudes toward ethics...
Tariff refunds offer relief but also tough choices for companies
Companies that successfully challenged President Trump’s global tariffs are beginning to receive refunds faster than many expected and now face decisions about how to...
How south Louisiana’s industry titans are giving back
South Louisiana’s industrial economy has created more than jobs and investment—it has also produced some of the region’s most influential philanthropists, reports 10/12 Industry...
What Americans quietly stopped buying in April
Shoppers pulled back on spending in April as higher gas prices fueled by the Iran war meant less money left over for some nonessentials...
Roundup: City-parish pay raises / Gen Alpha workforce / 50 Cent’s Shreveport play
Kicking in June 27: The Baton Rouge Metro Council approved widespread pay raises for city-parish employees in a 10-1 vote, with raises taking effect...
Roundup: OPEC forecast / Weapons in the Capitol / Rising grocery prices
Revised: OPEC has cut its oil demand forecast after the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced Persian Gulf producers to curb output...
Why a Texas county just hit the brakes on data center development
A small Texas county has hit pause on the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom, approving a one-year moratorium on new data center and energy storage...
