Economic Development

DNA Workshop and Cox Communications are winners of this year’s Diversity Star awards from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. The awards were announced today during BRAC’s second annual Economic Inclusion Symposium.    

Baton Rouge-based home repair company Guarantee Restoration Services announced today that it is opening an office in Mobile, Alabama, its sixth location overall and first in that state.

Scientists at the LSU AgCenter have secured a patent for poison gummies that could finally reduce an exploding feral hog population causing as much as $100 million in annual agriculture losses and threatening the integrity of Louisiana's levee system, USA Today Network reports. 

The heat and drought conditions are now taking their toll on crawfish production. It’s the...

A German energy company won rights Tuesday to the first-ever offshore wind lease in the Gulf of Mexico, bidding $5.6 million for 102,480 acres in federal waters off the coast of southwest Louisiana. 

LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business has consolidated its comprehensive collection of graduate services into a new office.

The board that oversees the Capital Area Transit System is preparing to select a...

Businesses posted far fewer open jobs in July and the number of Americans quitting their jobs fell sharply for the second straight month, clear signs that the labor market is cooling in a way that could reduce inflation.

Baton Rouge Community College has a graduation rate of about 27%, which is on the low side of average for similar schools across the country, says Chancellor Willie Smith. 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its 2023 legislative and gubernatorial election platform, calling for transformative policy strategies on education, economic development, fiscal policy, infrastructure, sustainability, and crime.