The Associated Press, Author at Baton Rouge Business Report

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits tumbled last week to 576,000, a...

Republican state lawmakers trying to muscle through a wide-ranging rewrite of Louisiana’s tax laws...

Despite the coronavirus outbreak, the Louisiana Legislature opens a regular session this morning that...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling...

Louisiana borrowed about $300 million today to refill the account that pays for state-financed...

Louisiana's Republican leaders are sharply at odds over whether and how the state should...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to...

While several states have shed their mask mandates, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday...

Nearly four months after coronavirus vaccinations began, Louisiana is seeing fewer people clamoring for...

Energy companies spent the first quarter of 2021 recharging from a draining year. Wall...