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Southern University’s faculty were awarded about $45 million in research funding last fiscal year, up from about $28 million the previous year and $21 million the year before that, university officials report. 

When Joel Griffin moved from his native Connecticut to Louisiana to attend college in New Orleans, he missed the lobster rolls the most.

How can helmets provide even more protection for football players? That’s the challenge a team of LSU mechanical engineering researchers is tackling.

Beginning Oct. 3, Business Report is accepting entries or nominations for its 2024 Business Awards & Hall of Fame. We’re looking for successful entrepreneurs,...

Honeywell International has applied for about $7.3 million in sales tax and payroll rebates tied to a $343 million expansion of its Geismar facility that is expected to support at least 30 new permanent jobs. 

The b1 Foundation’s Gov. Buddy Roemer Small Business Center will open for business on Wednesday, offering services to help boost economic development. 

The John Deere Company is working with the LSU AgCenter to use artificial intelligence to better predict sugarcane breeding and harvest yields.  

Feeling like your office is stuck in never-ending urgent mode, with never enough time or space to flourish in the creative and deep work you love?

For the second year in a row, Dallas-based Tap Innovations once again tops the list of the fastest-growing companies owned or led by LSU alumni. 

Cadence Insurance, a multistate company headquartered in Baton Rouge, has agreed to a purchase offer from global insurance broker and consultant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the companies announced today. 

As small businesses increasingly face cybersecurity threats, the government, specifically the Department of Defense, is stepping in to equip entrepreneurs with tools to defend against cyber attacks. 

Testifying before Congress last week, a Louisiana oil and gas advocate lobbied for uninterrupted continuation of the offshore lease program. Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas...

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources finalized a new rule Friday to help reduce the number of orphaned oil and gas wells throughout the state.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry today announced the companies and individuals it has selected as winners of its 2023 Free Enterprise Awards. 

President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration today announced the selection of Gulf Louisiana Offshore Wind Propeller as one of 31 newly designated U.S. Tech Hubs.

LSU is responsible for producing some of the National Football League’s highest-paid players, according to a new study recently released by sports betting media group Canada Sports Betting. 

Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan is investing $50 million into improvements at one of its Geismar facilities. 

P-Beau’s, a Denham Springs restaurant closed for about a year after a fire, will reopen in the coming weeks, says Peter Sclafani, partner with Making Raving Fans Hospitality Group.

Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion, but even with that pricetag, it’s not the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month.

The Small Business Administration continues to face heat for its decision to not fully pursue overdue pandemic-era loans.