Economic Development

Plans call for a 240,000-square-foot distribution warehouse to be built near the intersection of Tom and North Airway drives. 

It's been a big year for labor organizing in the U.S. And from auto production lines to Hollywood, all eyes are on strikes taking the world of work by storm, though they have yet to hit south Louisiana directly.  

Pipe and Steel Industrial in Denham Springs is planning a three- to five-year expansion of its manufacturing facilities, according to an advance notice filed with Louisiana Economic Development. 

The number of unemployed people in the Baton Rouge metro area increased by 2.6%...

Officials have completed a major cleanup of the Comite River, removing 7,843 tons of debris, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome announced today. 

If all goes as planned, a new gravel mining operation will open in the Capital Region next year. 

When John Blount got into the construction business in 1987, Livingston Parish was a...

Automakers posted big increases in new vehicle sales during the summer, despite high prices, rising interest rates and even a limited strike against Detroit companies.

Entergy suppliers: Gulfport, Mississippi-based bank Hancock Whitney today announced it is partnering with Entergy...

Private companies added the fewest workers in more than two years in September, Reuters reports.