Shaw subsidiary pays $6.2 million settlement

Stone & Webster Construction, a subsidiary of the Shaw Group, has agreed to pay...

Wall Street extends slide on economic worries

NEW YORK (AP) —Stocks bounced off early lows and traded mixed Friday as weak...

Celtic Group’s O’Connor dies

Brendan O'Connor, chairman of the board and CEO of the Celtic Group, died Thursday...

News roundup: Calvin Klein, Izod, Van Heusen owner closing stores … Average Super Bowl party costs revealed

Well known fashion brands take a tumble: Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., which owns the Calvin...

Obama urges bipartisan help on stimulus bill

President Barack Obama says he realizes that some Republican lawmakers dislike portions of his...

LaPolitics by John Maginnis: State in line for highway money

The $825 billion congressional stimulus bill that cleared the Appropriations Committee includes $471 million...

Work to start on Highland Road project

Officials will break ground at 10:30 a.m. Monday on Highland Road improvements, the 10th...

State boasts of Oscar connections

More than a dozen Oscar nominations have connections to Louisiana, including the category-sweeping The...

Lawmakers question public hospital plans

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Skeptical lawmakers questioned the financing plans for a new $1.2...

Stine reconsidered Walker store

Stine Lumber nearly halted its plans to build a $14 million store in Walker.President/CEO...