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Deep South Equipment finds natural fit in Lafayette
It's easy to find Deep South Equipment’s Lafayette location; just look for the gorilla. The Louisiana-based equipment dealer and service provider opened at 122...
Roundup: Strait of Hormuz / Ford F-150 recall / Candidate forum
Open for business: Oil prices were falling by more than 10% on Friday, and Wall Street is rallying toward another record after Iran said...
How today’s AI trainers could be tomorrow’s displaced workers
A fast-growing AI startup is betting it can transform—and potentially replace—large swaths of white-collar work by turning professionals into trainers for the very systems...
Private school shortage in South Florida leads billionaires to build their own
A surge of wealthy families relocating to South Florida is reshaping the region’s education landscape, as a shortage of private school seats pushes billionaires...
Why Louisiana is suing the US Election Assistance Commission
Louisiana has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, escalating a dispute over voter registration requirements tied to a 2024 state...
‘LaPolitics’: A Q&A with Senate Ag chair Stewart Cathey
LaPolitics: How would you characterize the session so far?
Senate Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development chair Stewart Cathey: I think that it has been...
Roundup: Gatorade / Louisiana Medicaid / General Motors
Strategy pivot: Gatorade is shifting its focus 60 years after inventing sports drinks. PepsiCo., Gatorade’s parent company, announced on Thursday that the brand will...
How long is too long? Judicial retirement age heads to the ballot
Louisiana voters on May 16 will consider a constitutional amendment that would raise the mandatory retirement age for state court judges from 70 to...
CLM Equipment: 60 years of customer service
At 19 years old, Floyd Degueyter became one of CLM Equipment’s first five employees, quickly moving up the ranks to parts manager. With a...
Facing pressure from Anthropic, ChatGPT shifts focus to business users
The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is...
Roundup: Sid Edwards / Tort reform / US jobless claims
New grad: Mayor Sid Edwards has completed the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a nine-month program launched in 2017 designed to equip mayors and...
Live Nation acts as a monopoly, jury finds
A federal jury on Wednesday found that Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has operated a monopoly in violation of federal and state...
From Waitr to QiMana: Chris Meaux talks startups and Louisiana’s tech future
Entrepreneur Chris Meaux says the difference between startup success and failure often comes down to one thing: execution—not the idea itself.
In a recent appearance...
Roundup: Textron Systems / Blake Miguez’s cash advantage / A Louisiana hiring solution
Louisiana investment: Defense contractor Textron Systems Corp. on Wednesday announced plans for a $5.8 million multisite investment across Orleans and St. Tammany parishes to...
Louisiana small businesses could see major gains from permanent tax deduction
Small businesses in Louisiana are poised to benefit greatly from the 20% Small Business Tax Deduction now that it has been made permanent.
That’s according...
Tax Day arrives as millions of Americans take advantage of new deductions
It’s Tax Day, the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, and the Trump administration says millions of people have already used new breaks...
Benny’s Carwash: Cheaper, Faster, Better™
Celebrating 75 years in business is a reflection of the trust this community has placed in us for generations
“I never wanted to be the...
Legislative effort to install air monitors at industrial facilities stalls
A bill that would require environmental air monitoring systems at high-emission industrial facilities has been left in limbo and faces steep odds of moving...
Roundup: A new LSU landmark / Volatility pays off / Plastic’s new rules?
This isn’t your old science hall: LSU will cut the ribbon Friday on a $148 million science building that university leaders say closes more...
Roundup: Business optimism / Cleveland’s housing answer / America at 250
Slipping further: U.S. small business optimism fell for a third straight month in March, hitting its lowest level in nearly a year as the...
