Baton Rouge area home sales rise 17.5% in January

Last year’s flooding continued to impact the greater Baton Rouge housing market in January,...

Trump’s agenda spurs more hiring, spending plans from nation’s top CEOs

The nation’s top CEOs sharply stepped up their hiring and investment plans in the...

Baton Rouge area home sales rise 17.5% in January

Last year’s flooding continued to impact the greater Baton Rouge housing market in January,...

Edwards urges Congress to keep Medicaid expansion in health care law

Gov. John Bel Edwards is urging Congress to keep the Medicaid expansion program intact...

Analysis of GOP health care plan ‘doesn’t look good,’ Cassidy says

Add U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy to the growing chorus of voices expressing concern about...

Alford: Distractions could sidetrack Louisiana’s upcoming legislative session

When the regular session of the Louisiana Legislature convenes on April 10, it will...

Recessions in oil-producing states dragging down national economy

As economists ponder what’s behind the slowest U.S. economic recovery since World War II,...

The pay gap could vanish for all women in the 23rd century

Despite strides in the 1980s and 1990s, the pay gap between the sexes hasn't...