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Washington Mardi Gras just got merrier for Louisiana politicians
Louisiana elected officials now have a green light to use campaign money for Washington Mardi Gras expenses, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
The clarification confirmed by the...
Venture Global lands 20-year LNG deal with Spain’s Naturgy
Venture Global has signed a major long-term LNG supply agreement with a Spanish group, Bloomberg reports.
The agreement calls for Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group to...
Roundup: Veterans Day / Central Mayor Wade Evans / Air traffic controllers
Holiday closure: City-parish offices will be closed Tuesday for Veterans Day. Emergency services and residential garbage collection will continue, and the North Landfill will...
Customers may soon see their premium credit cards rejected by merchants
Premium cardholders could soon face a rude awakening at the register, The Wall Street Journal writes.
A major settlement between Visa, Mastercard and merchants breaks...
Selective discounting helps cool durable goods inflation in October
Alternative data providers say U.S. consumer durables and personal goods inflation eased in October as retailers leaned more on selective discounting to protect market...
Roundup: SNAP funding / Venture Global / Rotary speaker
Reversal: The Trump administration ordered states to reverse full November SNAP payments after a late Supreme Court ruling, saying only 65% benefits can be...
Flight cancellations expected to drag on after government shutdown ends
The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends.
The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights...
Roundup: Mike Strain / Consumer sentiment / Flight cancellations
Ag update: Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton...
Where the Tax Foundation’s latest competitiveness index ranks Louisiana
Louisiana’s tax climate is getting more competitive, The Center Square writes.
The Tax Foundation’s new 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index ranks Louisiana 31st—up six spots...
Travelers frustrated as flight cancellations begin
Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale down...
New state privacy law regarding campaign finance records tests transparency
Louisiana’s Board of Ethics is facing a major test over a new privacy law that lets judges—and soon hundreds of other elected officials—demand their...
Treasury wants to know if certain programs for small businesses are being abused
The Treasury Department has launched a sweeping investigation into roughly $9 billion in small business federal contracts, examining whether firms have abused preference-based contracting...
Roundup: Coastal buffer zone / Smitty’s Supply / Christel Slaughter
Fight reignited: Louisiana wildlife regulators have advanced a proposal to shrink the coastal buffer zone for commercial menhaden harvesters—from a half-mile to a quarter-mile...
How 2025 became a big year for tech in Louisiana
The landmark announcement last November of Meta’s $10 billion investment to build a data center in Richland Parish, along with news two months later...
Roundup: Sports betting / Lowering GLP-1 costs / Ten Commandments law
ESPN partners with DraftKings: ESPN signed an exclusive sports-betting deal with DraftKings after dropping its PENN agreement, consolidating integrations across ESPN’s platforms ahead of...
Why Energy Transfer is delaying its Lake Charles LNG project
Energy Transfer is tapping the brakes on Lake Charles LNG, saying it won’t give the Louisiana export project a final financial go-ahead until 80%...
These airports will see flights cut due to the government shutdown
Louisiana has missed the list for now, but airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among the 40 across the U.S. that...
Roundup: UNO transition / Services activity growth / Mid City Civic Theatre
Private meetings: A First Amendment expert says LSU’s transition committee for UNO may be violating Louisiana’s Open Meetings Law by directing 11 work groups...
US companies have laid off more than 1 million workers this year
U.S. companies announced more than 153,000 job cuts in October—the worst October for layoffs since 2003—as artificial intelligence adoption, cost-cutting and weakening spending reshape...
Despite incentives, inventory of unsold new homes climbs to 2009 levels
America’s biggest homebuilders are discovering that even steep incentives—including 4% mortgages and five-figure discounts—aren’t enough to move newly built homes in today’s cooling housing...
