Economic Development

It’s not even February, and 2024 has already proved to be a difficult year for layoffs. A handful of companies have been making job cuts in recent weeks, bringing uncertainty for workers across industries.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy...

Congress has spent more than six years avoiding its responsibility to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, using a series of stopgap bills to extend the life of the program that has issued nearly 5 million policies.

In a deal that closed Thursday, Cornerstone Flooring Companies, a commercial flooring contractor, purchased...

Gov. Jeff Landry has selected Covington’s Susan Bonnett Bourgeois as secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, he announced this morning at the Committee of 100 Breakfast at Washington Mardi Gras in D.C. 

Baton Rouge-based developer John Engquist recently closed on $6.7 million worth of property for...

The Biden administration is pausing a decision on whether to approve Venture Global LNG’s...

Mandeville-born Flying Dolly’s, founded as Just Chillin’ in 2011 and rebranded in 2023, will...

Each of the speakers at this morning’s Leadership Power Breakfast, hosted by Business Report, stressed the need to focus on Baton Rouge’s future. 

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with MD Clinics that will enable its expansion into new regions.