Louisiana Economic Development this week won two awards at the International Economic Development Council’s annual conference in Nashville, taking home a gold award for its efforts to support entrepreneurship and a silver medal for talent development and retention, according to an LED announcement. 

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry today released its 2021 Legislative Scorecard, highlighting lawmakers who supported pro-business legislation during this year’s regular session.

Premier Health Consultants CEO Steve Sellars on Tuesday announced that the company will expand its Baton Rouge headquarters, making a $1.5 million capital investment in its facilities to support the more than 85 urgent care clinics it operates. 

Getting to Tiger Stadium and the areas surrounding it ready for game day is a monumental task, but this year it's been compounded by employment shortages due to Hurricane Ida and COVID-19, WBRZ-TV reports.

Baton Rouge-based private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners today announced it has agreed to acquire rail infrastructure solutions provider RailWorks Corp., from Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm. 

A team of searchers from LSU and the University of Delaware are working to develop chemical manufacturing processes that use CO2 feedstocks and renewable energy sources instead of natural gas or petroleum. 

Baton Rouge-based Dyke Nelson Architecture received the highest-level award from the American Institute of Architects Louisiana chapter for its design of the DNA Workshop on the corner of Government and 14th streets, according to an AIA announcement.

LSU today announced its current freshman class is the largest and most diverse in its history, while also averaging the highest GPA and ACT score of any incoming class at the school.

Mayor Sharon Weston Broom today announced the city is moving forward in its effort to create a 9-mile rapid bus line from Plank Road to Nicholson Drive, by formally accepting a $15 million grant to fund the bus route. 

Baton Rouge-based hospice and personal care company Amedisys Inc. on Monday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire regulatory assets that will allow it to establish home health care centers in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C.