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When Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm in 2018, it set records for rainfall, creating damaging 500-year flooding...

There’s no gift quite as special or one of a kind as art. Whether you’re looking for a Baton Rouge-themed art print for framing,...

LSU athletics has contracted with GeoSurfaces Inc. to make repairs and upgrades to its indoor and outdoor track surfaces ahead of the upcoming men’s...

Comparing this week’s business news headlines to those of January 2020 is pretty shocking. In the past three years, companies have experienced a massive...

With just a few weeks left before the new year begins, we’re no closer to solving one of the great economic debates of 2022:...

Collaboration is necessary to effectively manage stormwater, according to speakers at this year’s Louisiana Smart Growth Summit.  That means officials need to work across jurisdictional...

LSU’s chemical and petroleum engineering departments are working with the Greater New Orleans Development Foundation on a federally funded hydrogen and clean energy project.  The...

Traditionally, employers resort to layoffs during difficult times to save money. Companies continue to cling to the idea that reducing staff will provide the best, fastest, or easiest solution to financial problems. 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today submitted a $5 million amendment to the proposed 2023 operating budget to augment needed funding for the city-parish’s stormwater drainage system to reach federal compliance. 

Millions of people switched to new jobs this year. Now, many wonder whether being the newbie makes them more vulnerable to potential layoffs.    The formula...

Real gross domestic product in East Baton Rouge Parish increased by 0.2% in 2021 from the previous year to just over $32 billion, the...

ExxonMobil this morning unveiled a new corporate plan that includes increasing its stock buybacks and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Its stock is gaining. The oil and...

Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of strongest parts of the U.S. economy.

The Alcohol Beverage Control Board for East Baton Rouge Parish plans to hold a special meeting today to discuss potential regulations for party promoters. 

Cameron LNG today announced it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Entergy Louisiana to negotiate a 20-year agreement for the procurement of electricity generated using renewable resources.

Business leaders almost always spearhead successful efforts to fund and build highly functional transit systems, the director of a national transportation policy group says.  Business...

One thing Jerry Lebold, BASF senior vice president, has learned over the years is the importance of having the right team with the right...

Real Christmas trees are harder to come by in 2022 than in years past, thanks to a recent rise in demand coupled with a...

Back in January, 109 container ships waited off the California coast to unload cargo in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s two largest...

Budget airline carrier Frontier Airlines got rid of its phone number for customer service last month, leaving customers to use chat functions or social media to resolve issues.