Louisiana residents and businesses have received $2.5 billion in federal aid related to Hurricane Ida, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week even though the U.S. job market has been rebounding from last year's coronavirus recession.

Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into litigation to get a fair deal.

The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant today—a person in California who visited South Africa—as scientists around the world raced to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more dangerous than previous ones.

ExxonMobil says it is boosting its spending on greenhouse gas emission reduction projects to $15 billion over the next six years, up from its originally planned $3 billion, and anticipates meeting its 2025 reduction plans by the end of this year.

LSU formally announced the hiring of Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly today and said they have agreed to a 10-year contract worth $95 million plus incentives.

U.S. home prices rose briskly in September, another sign that the housing market is booming in the aftermath of last year's coronavirus recession.

The Louisiana Legislature’s “roadshow” to hear from the public about the redrawing of the state’s political maps is halfway done, and already the hearings have offered a glimpse of how personal and heated the redistricting work will be in the February special session.

Winning rivalry games comes with bragging rights and other rewards, but Alabama coach Nick Saban knows what losing them brings.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession.