Though they’re getting a lot of questions about it from their clients, many financial advisers are wary of cryptocurrency, though some see investment opportunities in companies that serve the industry. 

Louisiana’s chemical manufacturing sector could be “poised for a booming year,” says Rhoman Hardy, senior vice president, U.S. Gulf Coast, Shell Chemicals and Products. 

Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is likely to win reelection and could be a strong candidate for governor, a recent poll found. 

The Capital Area Road and Bridge District at a meeting today is expected to narrow from 20 the number of locations still in play for a new Mississippi River bridge, the director of an industry-backed transportation group says. 

Enhanced federal subsidies have led consumers that otherwise would have gotten health insurance through their employer to seek policies on the individual market instead, says Michael Bertaut, a health care economist with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. 

Louisiana lost more than 27,000 residents from July 1, 2020 to July 1 of last year, or about 0.6% of the population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. 

As war rages in Ukraine, liquefied natural gas exports from Louisiana could help to alleviate Europe’s dependence on Russian gas, industry and government officials say. 

Health care provider burnout, a problem even before the pandemic, has been exacerbated by COVID-19.

Capital Area United Way will distribute $1.5 million for 21 programs related to education, healthy living and income stability, the organization’s leaders announced today. 

The Metro Council today will consider a proposal to add a prohibition against “loud and raucous noise” to the ordinance regulating alcohol sales.