News roundup: La. lawmakers consider changes to tax-break program for films … Jindal wants to fill college fund with recovery dollars … Central La....

Cut! Two New Orleans-area state lawmakers offered ideas Wednesday for scaling back Louisiana's tax-credit...

LOGA president offers ‘realist’ take on oil and gas during State of the Industry address

In his annual State of the Industry address, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President...

Publisher: Don’t listen to Chicken Little

Too many of the voices we have heard recently—especially from the news media—sound like...

Former Shaw Group executives spearhead new $45M pipe fabrication facility in Livingston

Several top executives from The Shaw Group are heading up a newly created pipe...

Crude inventories at their highest level in decades after another build

Commercial crude oil inventories grew by another large margin last week. FuelFix.com reports stores...

Senate fails to override Obama’s veto of Keystone XL approval; House won’t vote on it

The U.S. Senate failed today to override President Barack Obama's veto of legislation approving...

La. education chief seeks $44M increase in school funding

Louisiana's education department wants to ask lawmakers for a $44 million increase in the...

La. among 11 states working to protect US electric grid

A huge solar superstorm fries hundreds of high-voltage transformers, shutting down the nation’s electrical...

‘Business Report’: Regulations spark a wave of consolidations among smaller banks

A flurry of bank mergers hit Louisiana in 2014, and a new Business Report...