Capital Region businesses grapple with the impact of Baton Rouge’s worst natural disaster ever

It’s still too soon to put an exact dollar figure on the devastation caused...

Louisiana manufacturers feel impact of oil and gas market downturn

The two-year rout in oil and gas markets is cascading into manufacturing, Bloomberg reports....

Walk-On’s to reopen in Juban Crossing on Thursday

Less than three weeks after floodwaters rose to roughly four feet inside of its...

US job market optimism lifts consumer confidence to 11-month high

U.S. consumer confidence rose to an 11-month high in August, with households more upbeat...

Sen. Bodi White calls second Homeland Security Committee meeting to discuss home elevation requirements

For the second time in a week, state Sen. Bodi White has called a...

‘10/12 Industry Report’: Increasing tax burden on businesses impacts Louisiana’s competitiveness in site selection process

Site selection has become an increasingly competitive process in the U.S., as hundreds of...

Baton Rouge metro area unemployment rate at 5.9% in July

Though the Baton Rouge metro area lost an estimated 2,700 jobs between June and...

American workforce hurt by decline of unions, study says

A new report released ahead of the Labor Day holiday says a steep decline...