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Roundup: AI impact / Zillow / What bank execs are watching
Slowing declines: The heightened demand for AI is expected to prop up fossil fuels and slow emissions declines, according to the latest New Energy...
Is a tariff exemption on parts the key to building more autos in the...
President Donald Trump hinted that he might temporarily relieve the auto industry from “permanent” tariffs he previously imposed on the business. The president didn’t...
Roundup: Shell’s LiveWire cohort / Oil demand / Import prices
Meet the cohort: Shell, in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, has named the 23 businesses for the 2025 Louisiana cohort of...
‘LaPolitics’: RFK Jr. expected to tout ‘MAHA’ Louisiana bill
It looks like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA train will make a stop in Capitoland.
President Donald Trump’s health secretary is expected to visit Baton...
A new cultural festival is coming to St. George
St. George is set to welcome its first namesake cultural festival this spring, the latest mile marker in the journey to build a community...
A task force is trying to position Louisiana as a leader in clean hydrogen
Louisiana’s Clean Hydrogen Task Force is preparing its recommendations to state lawmakers on how to better position the state as a leader in clean...
Meet the 500: Padma Vatsavai
What advice would Padma Vatsavai, founder and CEO of Vinformatix, give her younger self? Don’t be distracted by outside noise about which path is...
Work set to begin soon on a new Jefferson Highway office park
A new office park is coming to Jefferson Highway across from The Exchange @ Jefferson office development.
A building permit was issued last week for...
Roundup: Oil demand / Kidney transplant / DOTD construction budget
Forecast lowered: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries cut its forecast for oil demand growth just days after a surprise decision to boost...
Auto industry may get a reprieve as Trump hints at another reversal on tariffs
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give...
BP discovers a new oil deposit some 120 miles off the Louisiana coast
BP has discovered a new oil deposit in the U.S. Far South prospect in the Gulf, off the coast of Louisiana, The Wall Street...
Roundup: Wetlands restoration / Offshore oil and gas leases / BRFD recruiting
Use of treated sewage: Opposing views among environmental groups and coastal scientists in Louisiana have spurred intense debate over the use of treated sewage...
Why tariff exemptions for electronics may be short-lived
Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics such as smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff...
An OLOL executive shares his tips on running an effective meeting
It goes without saying that meetings are an essential function of any workplace. But too often, they can feel inefficient, unproductive or unnecessarily lengthy.
So,...
Roundup: Department of Health / General Motors / Economic turbulence
Second chance: Gov. Jeff Landry has selected Bruce Greenstein, a former Gov. Bobby Jindal Cabinet member, to lead the Louisiana Department of Health. This...
A look inside the newly opened Blue Iguana Taco Bar & Tequila
Blue Iguana Taco Bar & Tequila opened its doors last month on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard, introducing the modern Mexican chain to the Capital...
How Level Homes is expanding its footprint in Livingston Parish
Local homebuilder Level Homes is expanding its footprint in Livingston Parish after buying lots in the Highlandia development in Denham Springs.
The builder has purchased...
Consumer sentiment plunges for a fourth consecutive month
U.S. consumer sentiment plunged in April, the fourth consecutive month of declines, in a seemingly sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s trade wars that...
Roundup: Oil market / U.S.-China trade war / Press Club
Misplaced fears?: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the sell-off in the oil market is overblown, and he expects American crude producers to keep...
Gov. Landry’s expanded school voucher program is in danger of being cut
Lawmakers are considering scrapping funding for Gov. Jeff Landry’s LA GATOR, the expanded school voucher program expected to award millions more in tax dollars...
