The Associated Press, Author at Baton Rouge Business Report

A measure of hiring by U.S. companies has fallen to a seven-year low and...

Mississippi's attorney general says he will sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for...

The Louisiana Board of Regents is asking lawmakers to increase spending on public college...

Louisiana's farmers could start growing industrial hemp by the spring if federal and state...

Louisiana's budget surplus has edged up to nearly $535 million. That's the precise number presented...

The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year...

Louisiana will have a new university economist on the state income forecasting panel. Gov. John...

Louisiana voters are days away from casting the first ballots in the Oct. 12...

Freshwater from floods has killed oysters along the coasts of three states and cost...

Because of a projected $500 million surplus, Louisiana’s savings account for troubled financial times...