Economic Development

A Gonzales developer hopes to bring new restaurants and residential spaces to Choctaw Drive. 

The LSU AgCenter and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture are partnering to bring a drone training curriculum to high school students across the state.

While the turmoil has eased after rising interest rates helped spark a regional-banking crisis earlier this year, local bank stocks have yet to bounce back, following national trends. 

Small business optimism declined again in September, according to the latest Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Business.  

ExxonMobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion―its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago―creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas.

The co-founders of Twistlock, a Silicon Valley startup, announced Tuesday that they had raised...

The South Central Louisiana chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association held its annual...

The development team behind the controversial Aztek Cove business park off of Highland Road has started clearing trees off the property and expects the multi-use facilities to be completed by mid-2025. 

Industrial pail manufacturer MKS Plastics is investing $14 million to double the size of its Tangipahoa Parish production facility. 

Local entrepreneur Nitin Kamath, the developer behind Aztek Cove, is expected to hold a public meeting this afternoon at the River Center Branch Library to discuss the controversial project and proposed accompanying economic development district.