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South Louisiana is no stranger to hurricanes, but after Hurricane Ida’s destruction last year—16 years to the day since Katrina hit—preparation is more important than ever as the 2022 Atlantic season begins.

Some Entergy customers could see their electric bills increase this summer by more than a typical amount, according to Entergy Louisiana.

Female workers in the Baton Rouge metro area age 16 and up earned 67% as much as their male counterparts in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center. 

According to NFIB’s monthly jobs report, the labor shortage continues to be a challenge for small businesses with 51% of small business owners reporting job openings they could not fill

Having too many meetings might be the most common work complaint out there. 

U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May, extending a streak of solid hiring that has bolstered an economy under pressure from high inflation and...

Kenny Nguyen, CEO and co-founder of brand consultants ThreeSixtyEight, urges young professionals to work for steady, incremental improvement in their own lives and in their communities. 

Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone.

The Baton Rouge investor behind downtown’s The Main Lobby is planning another rooftop bar and lounge for Mid City,

Entergy Louisiana today announced it will provide $1 million over three years to the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Foundation to jump-start the MJ Foster Promise Program,

Rather than raise menu prices in response to inflation, some restaurants are adding new fees and surcharges to customers’ checks, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Behavioral scientists, data experts, journalists and cops are four professions that are being brought together in, of all places, law firms, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

As the Great Resignation persists, job seekers are looking for better wages, better benefits, and better remote work options. They’re also losing patience with cumbersome hiring processes. 

State officials haven’t yet come up with a funding plan for a new Mississippi River bridge in the Capital Region, and a final location for the proposed bridge hasn’t been selected. 

The Louisiana Legislature gave final passage Tuesday to a bill described as a simple solution to bring overnight relief to the supply-chain bottleneck

Whenever Loretta Foreman would see acquaintances at the grocery store, they always asked her the same question, ”Loretta, when are you opening it again?” ‘It’...

Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed legislation that supporters said would open up loan opportunities for people who need credit—but that opponents said enabled predatory lending.

The incorporation of Central was a major point of discussion in the St. George incorporation trial, and St. George supporters hoped to emulate the parish’s last new city.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its annual recommendations to help businesses prepare for weather emergencies.

On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other extreme weather events that are intensifying due to climate change.