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Local business, community and political leaders gathered today to discuss the impact of the Page/Rice Camera Initiative and share how the program is evolving in 2024.

Baton Rouge’s We Greaux People was recently named a Grow with Google High Impact Partner. 

Job cut announcements in January increased to their highest level in 10 months as employers in the financial and technology sectors launched restructuring efforts,...

The largest public economic development project in state history has now received the biggest economic development grant in Louisiana history, reports New Orleans City Business.

Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares Inc., the holding company for b1Bank, is growing yet again. The company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire...

Two of Louisiana’s most prominent business organizations are backing a restructuring of Louisiana Economic Development.  In a luncheon webinar conducted by the Public Affairs Research...

New Orleans-based attorney Tut Kinney has filed two lawsuits in an effort to effectively block the sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health.

The Federal Reserve indicated today that it’s nearing a long-awaited shift toward cutting interest rates, a sign it has grown confident that its close to fully taming inflation. But the Fed also signaled that the first rate cut is likely months away.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced a new chair and executive director of the state agency charged with restoring and protecting Louisiana’s withering coastline. 

In the latest episode of Bottom Line, Business Report traveled to one of the sources of Louisiana’s beloved crawfish: Four Oaks Farms in Morganza. The farm sits on over 1,500 acres of land. There, they harvest sugarcane, soybeans and crawfish. 

As is often the case, a new year has brought with it new tax considerations. In order to help navigate the complexities of the...

I love the idea of the customer experience engine. But an engine is not the only useful metaphor for thinking about how to upgrade...

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of its meeting today, but investors will be watching closely for hints about future rate cuts, The New York Times reports.

Ronnie Morris, who has served as the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s District 6 board member since 2019, was elected as...

You might have never heard of Comogo Floats LLC in Plaquemine, but you’ve likely seen their work for the krewes of Oshun, Artemis and...

When it’s time to select a CEO, boards often struggle with whether to select an insider who already knows the company well or an outsider who can shake things up.  

Baton Rouge isn’t New Orleans, where Carnival’s economic impact was measured at nearly $900 million and accounts for more than 3% of the city’s...

Over the course of the past few years, Louisianans have had little choice but to acknowledge the growing importance of cybersecurity. In 2019, school boards...

An estimated 45,000-plus business deals are made on Interstates 10 and 12 through Baton Rouge each day, according to a recent survey of 3,000 commuters by California-based legal services firm LawLinq.  

A report released Friday by Gov. Jeff Landry’s Workforce Development & Higher Education Policy Council shed some light on what the new administration’s approach...