Editor: A look back at a busy year

As a writer, Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel says in her latest column, year-end...

Alford: They said it (and probably regretted it) in 2014 

After having a front row seat to the theater of Louisiana politics over the...

‘225 Weekender’: 2014 National Poetry Slam Champion makes stop in BR tonight

Pages Matam—author, poet, playwright and 2014 National Poetry Slam Champion—will perform tonight at Eclectic...

Canadian oil surge to US Gulf puts Mexico on defensive

A price war is brewing between Canada and Latin America over who will satisfy...

US expected to power global economy in 2015

After long struggling to claw its way out of the Great Recession, the world's...

News roundup: Initial unemployment claims rise in La. … Being uninsured will cost you more next year … Oil settles at five-year low as...

Help wanted: The state labor department says first-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana...

LED: La. landed $16B in new capital investment in 2014, which will create more than 25K new jobs

Louisiana landed dozens of significant company expansions and relocations to the state over the...

GOP’s 2016 slate may be its most racially diverse ever, but don’t expect the candidates to talk much about it

Gov. Bobby Jindal is Indian-American, but as Politico reports in a feature on the...

Oil rises to $60 per barrel on Libya supply concerns

Brent crude oil rose to around $60 per barrel this morning, supported by concerns...