Economic Development

The Metro Council will consider approving tax breaks to support the renovation of a series of single-family homes in Mid City. 

Chemical manufacturer Orbia is exploring two expansion projects in Iberville Parish for its fluorinated solutions business, Koura, Louisiana Economic Development announced today. 

The longtime director of LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute, or Foodii, is retiring with plans to move to North Carolina. 

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. 

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.  

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. 

The internal legislative elections for president of the Louisiana Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives are developing rapidly as politicos wrap up the 2023 election cycle.