Economic Development

More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but not enough to raise concern about the labor market or the broader economy.

Global offshore wind company RWE and regional business booster Greater New Orleans Inc. have...

Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial worries, according to the latest measure.

Venture Global LNG is working to build a $10 billion natural gas export terminal in Cameron Parish that would be the Virginia-based startup’s third Louisiana facility. 

Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels.

Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Louisiana and Mississippi are losing residents at a time when the rest of the South is growing.

Which executives, entrepreneurs and community leaders wield the most influence in the Capital Region?...

On Jan. 11, 2016, the same day he was sworn into office, John Bel Edwards received his first briefing as governor about a weather-related disaster headed for Louisiana. 

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation fell last month in another sign that price pressures easing in the face of the central bank's interest rate hikes.

10. The LSU lakes project finally began  The $32 million first phase of the long-awaited...