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LSU and Tulane University are receiving a $22 million award from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to lead a consortium seeking ways to save the ecologically fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta, the schools announced today.

Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services announced today that it is broadening its presence on the West Coast with the acquisition of a California-based provider of non-residential construction and industrial equipment.

A federal jury in Missouri has found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for conspiring to inflate home sale commissions. 

A nonpartisan business group that advocates for clean energy estimates that 403,000 jobs will be created by the 210 major energy projects announced since...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced creation of the LSU Litter Institute on Tuesday, which will support debris abatement projects and centralize knowledge on the issue. 

Build Baton Rouge is wrapping up its survey for community input to help create a new master plan to boost economic development along the Florida Boulevard corridor 

While it hasn’t been in the news much lately, officials and stakeholders are working toward a solution to East Baton Rouge Parish’s stormwater issues. 

As health care costs rise, some small business owners are moving away from group health care plans to individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, Inc....

Executives at large public companies are concerned about the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s plan requiring them to further break down labor and other operating...

While state officials still await an announcement for a $200 million federal grant for infrastructure upgrades, Gov. John Bel Edwards has expressed confidence that Amtrak passenger trains will be traveling between Baton Rouge and New Orleans by 2027. 

The Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership, the nonprofit arm of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, will receive a grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful for its new Take 5 Campaign. 

Wages and benefits grew at a slightly faster pace in the July-September quarter than the previous three months, a benefit for workers but a trend that also represents a risk to the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

Shreveport’s Southern Classic Chicken is eying at least six potential restaurant locations in the Baton Rouge area that will bring about 125 jobs. 

Almost 2,000 “name, image and likeness” endorsement deals with LSU athletes have been disclosed since the governing body for college athletics began to allow them a little more than two years ago, says Taylor Jacobs, LSU’s associate athletics director for NIL and strategic initiatives. 

Baton Rouge’s MMR Group, The Newtron Group and ISC Construction were ranked as the 11th, 14th and 28th largest electrical contracting firms in the nation, respectively, on Engineering News-Record’s specialty contractors list.

Chief executives and chief marketing officers often don’t see eye-to-eye on precisely what their role directing marketing entails, and in some cases, the disconnect...

Deposits increased at Baton Rouge-area banks for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, signaling clients’ confidence in local banking institutions after the tumultuous spring. 

Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners has agreed to buy Entergy’s gas distribution business for about $484 million, the companies announced today. 

A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves have expressed in opinion polls.

A legislative task force on Friday heard from state officials on the status of Louisiana’s water systems in its bid to craft recommendations for improvements.