Louisiana’s crime-focused special legislative session begins

Under new conservative leadership, Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature gathers today for a special legislative session that could reshape the state's criminal justice system and the public safety sector.

Number of American workers hitting picket lines more than doubled last year 

Autoworkers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed for months. And health...

US unemployment applications fell this week 

Fewer Americans filed for jobless claims last week as the labor market continues to show resilience in the face of elevated interest rates intended to cool economic growth.

Inflation continues to slow, but prices remain high 

Consumer inflation in the U.S. cooled last month yet remained elevated in the latest...

Companies are pruning their offerings, narrowing down to top sellers 

How much choice is too much? Apparently for Coca-Cola, it's about 400 different types of...

Strong hiring in most industries has far outpaced high-profile layoffs 

Blockbuster job growth in the past several months has coincided with high-profile layoff announcements by a number of large companies.

US employers added a surprisingly robust 353,000 jobs in January

The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000...

Small business payroll growth is moderating, but is that a bad thing?

Payroll payments per small business moderated as 2023 came to a close, according to new data from Bank of America.

Job openings rose last month, pointing to the US labor market’s durability 

America's employers posted 9 million job openings in December, an increase from November and another sign that the U.S. job market remains resilient despite the headwind of higher interest rates.

How Angola has become essential to the U.S. food supply 

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here in Louisiana, at an unlikely source—the former slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison: Angola.Â