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US opts to renegotiate rather than extend North American trade pact
The U.S. has chosen not to extend the current review cycle of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, opting instead to pursue negotiations for a revised...
Consumers are feeling better, but not confident enough yet
Americans’ attitudes toward the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative by historical standards.
The Conference...
Inside the alleged egg price scheme
U.S. antitrust authorities say several major egg producers may have coordinated pricing behavior during the 2022-2025 bird flu outbreak, potentially contributing to unusually high...
Roundup: Louisiana law school No. 5? / Medicare and GLP-1 / Small meatpacker support
Law school limbo: Northwestern State University President Jimmy Genovese is pushing to open North Louisiana's first law school, an idea he says originated with...
Housing bill heads to law as Trump faces deadline
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the bipartisan housing bill recently approved by Congress will become law regardless of whether President Donald Trump signs it,...
Air Products scraps $4.5 billion Ascension Parish project
Pennsylvania-based Air Products announced Tuesday that it is scrapping its plans to develop the $4.5 billion Louisiana Clean Energy Complex in Ascension Parish.
The company...
Roundup: New defense program / Ford recall / Lawsuit against Meta
Tech corps: The U.S. is creating a tech force program to recruit hundreds of software engineers and embed them directly within military units. The...
‘LaPolitics’: Hotly contested DA races are emerging across the state
Every district attorney’s office in Louisiana will be on the ballot in this fall’s elections.
While incumbents generally will have the upper hand, hotly contested...
A new FDA strategy aims to get medicines to the market faster
The FDA has chosen Eli Lilly and Regeneron to participate in a new pilot program aimed at speeding up the development and approval of...
AI is rewriting the political competitive landscape
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a central infrastructure layer in political campaigns, reshaping how elections are financed, contested and influenced, The New York Times...
Supreme Court redefines presidential authority over independent agencies
The U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally reshaped the relationship between the presidency and independent federal agencies by overturning most of the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision,...
Roundup: BREC meeting change / Mail-in ballots / Rocket Lab acquires Iridium
Venue change: BREC’s City-Brooks Master Plan community meeting is set for July 14 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 5:00...
New Fed chair’s vision: A leaner, faster, more modern central bank
Kevin Warsh, the new Federal Reserve chair, is proposing a broad restructuring of how the central bank operates, aiming to make it more streamlined,...
Roundup: First Tuesday volunteers / Hybrid sales surge / Comcast splits
Emerge campus refresh: On July 7, more than 200 volunteers from businesses across Greater Baton Rouge will serve at The Emerge School for Autism,...
How six venture capital giants are reshaping startup financing
The venture capital landscape is becoming increasingly concentrated, with six megafirms— Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund and General...
Consumer confidence is climbing as gasoline prices are cooling
Americans are beginning to feel somewhat more optimistic about the economy as lower gasoline prices and easing tensions between the U.S. and Iran improve...
Roundup: Nike’s new CFO / Perkins Rowe pop-up / OpenAI’s slowed rollout
Turnaround efforts: Nike has hired David Denton, a former Pfizer executive, as its new CFO, a move that reflects the company’s ongoing turnaround efforts...
Lawmakers call for probe of prediction market platform over ad campaign
U.S. lawmakers are urging federal regulators to investigate Polymarket over allegations that it used deceptive marketing practices involving staged or misleading trading videos, The...
Trump’s latest tariff threat against Europe sparks new trade war fears
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 100% tax on imports from any country that imposes a tax on digital services from U.S. companies.
In...
Court pauses new federal limits on graduate student loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new rule narrowing what counts as a “professional degree,” which would have set...
