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The Southern University System has signed a memorandum of understanding with Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

The chief executive of Louisiana's largest electricity utility vacationed in Colorado as Hurricane Ida ripped through the state last summer, a trip that clearly...

The Capital Area Road and Bridge District committee expects to narrow the number of options for a new Mississippi River bridge location from 10 to three at its meeting Friday.

Louisiana’s bond credit rating has moved up a notch. The new rating by Moody’s Investors Service will save the state about $750,000 a year in...

Provident Realty Advisors on Wednesday announced it has purchased 66 acres in Gateway Industrial Park in Geismar, for an undisclosed price.   Provident Realty plans to...

Legislation to restrict how federal disaster money is used for ongoing expenses in the state budget cleared the House and Government Affairs Committee this...

Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.

The mosquito control agency for East Baton Rouge Parish wants to spend more than $4.5 million of its fund balance for a helicopter the director says will help it fight the annoying and sometimes deadly pests. 

Supreme Rice, one of the largest rice-milling operations in Louisiana, is investing $16.2 million to develop parboil facilities in Crowley and Mermentau

The memorandum of understanding will expand an existing partnership that has focused primarily on extension work

Following the April announcement that Baton Rouge International School would be permanently closing after 22 years

A state senator’s nonprofit organization has been allocated $1.5 million. The booster club for Central High School is getting $1.1 million. Catholic churches in...

At Mid City’s new addition, The Bougie Bar, candle-making brings friends and family together. 

Jane Verret never anticipated she would one day be a CEO and lead a credit union. With nearly three decades of experience under her belt,...

Another grueling summer disaster season is forecast as the Federal Emergency Management Agency faces mounting pressure amid criticism, a ballooning portfolio, and pleas to Congress for more funding.

Robert Blair, CEO of The Spine Hospital of Louisiana, is stepping down after 12 years with the company and entering “pseudo-retirement.”

A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Louisiana’s decentralized sales tax collection system, saying it was filed in the wrong venue. 

The Plantry Café, a new vegan and vegetarian restaurant, is scheduled to open sometime this fall in the Villas of Bluebonnet Centre shopping center, near Albasha and Cadillac Cafe. 

Construction industry business owners are more concerned about the state of the economy than those in other sectors and are having a harder time filling jobs,

A bill that has unanimously passed both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature would allow political subdivisions to charge utility fees to fund stormwater management programs