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Cooling trend: Rent hikes slow as consumers tighten spending
Single-family home rent growth, which had strengthened in the first half of the year, slowed notably in July, signaling potential strain on consumers, CNBC...
Roundup: Jaguar Land Rover / Capitol Lake / Interest rate cuts
On pause: Jaguar Land Rover, Britain’s largest automaker, will keep production halted until at least Oct. 1 following an Aug. 31 cyberattack. The shutdown...
Business momentum slips as orders and employment weaken
U.S. business activity slowed in September to its weakest pace in three months, Bloomberg reports.
That’s according to S&P Global’s flash composite index, which showed...
Roundup: Imported shrimp recall / H-1B visas / Woody Jenkins
Radioactive contamination: A Seattle seafood distributor has recalled more cooked and frozen shrimp sold at Kroger grocery stores across the U.S. because of ongoing...
Why Louisiana businesses will pay less in 2025 unemployment taxes
Louisiana businesses will see unemployment tax savings in 2025, while jobless workers face tighter restrictions, Louisiana Illuminator writes.
Employer contributions dropped about 9% this year,...
Lee & Associates continues Louisiana expansion with New Orleans office
Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America, is expanding into New Orleans with a new office on Poydras...
‘LaPolitics’: Lawmakers are eyeing changes to trial laws
Louisiana lawmakers are likely to again consider changing the rules around whether criminal defendants must face a jury or only a judge, which would...
ExxonMobil joins AtmosClear on Capital Region carbon project
AtmosClear BR has selected ExxonMobil to provide carbon transportation and storage services for its biomass energy with carbon capture project at the Port of...
Energy agency warns $540B a year will be needed to hold oil output
The International Energy Agency warns that maintaining current global oil and gas output through 2050 will require about $540 billion in annual upstream spending,...
Trump’s new $100K H-1B visa fee is sparking debate
The Trump administration’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee is billed as a way to protect U.S. workers, but economists warn it could backfire, The...
New York firm acquires Zachary senior living facility
A New York–based private equity firm has acquired an 80-unit senior living facility in Zachary.
Logos Living Capital bought Oakwood Village on McHugh Road from...
Roundup: DDD tax / Flood insurance IPO / Nvidia’a $100B investment
Upcoming election: On Oct. 11, East Baton Rouge voters will decide whether to renew a 10-mill property tax for the Downtown Development District. Set...
Shrimp industry calls for tougher oversight of foreign seafood
Louisiana’s shrimp industry is backing a federal push to close a loophole in shipping manifest data while urging Congress to tighten oversight of imported...
Louisiana shifts large contract away from CVS Health
Louisiana is reshaping its prescription drug coverage for public employees, shifting one major contract away from CVS Health while keeping the company’s largest agreement...
Roundup: BTR Airport / BRAC’s 20th anniversary / LSU football schedule
Federal funding: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport will receive $20.2 million—nearly half of Louisiana’s $46.7 million federal airport funding announced last week by Sen. Bill...
See how many jobs Baton Rouge added in August
Baton Rouge’s job market cooled in August, with the metro area losing 1,500 seasonally adjusted jobs compared to July, according to new data from...
Trump considers jump-starting US manufacturing through $550B fund
President Trump’s administration is weighing a sweeping plan to revive U.S. manufacturing by leveraging a $550 billion investment fund created through trade negotiations with...
Roundup: Smitty’s Supply fire / State health insurance / Investing in Barksdale
Seafood testing: Louisiana agencies have begun sampling seafood from the Tangipahoa River and Lake Pontchartrain following the Smitty’s Supply fire in Roseland. Using LDWF...
The Baton Rouge MSA lost jobs in August. See how many
Initial unemployment claims 9/13 by Holly Duchmann
Applications for carbon storage wells are surging in Louisiana
Louisiana regulators are seeing a surge of applications tied to carbon capture and storage, The Center Square reports.
The Department of Energy and Natural Resources...
