Economic Development

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has begun recruiting businesses to fill empty downtown storefronts. 

Legislation to phase out Louisiana’s corporate franchise tax this year was met with a veto from Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. However, nearly nearly every candidate running to replace him has vowed to support the move.

Chemical giant Air Products is moving a large drilling rig and platform into Lake Maurepas over the next few days for a groundbreaking yet controversial carbon capture project.

Contractors have plugged more than 10% of Louisiana’s orphaned oil well sites in the first six and half months of work funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021. 

The foot traffic going in and around I Rivermark Centre in downtown Baton Rouge looks different today than it did in years past, following an $80 million renovation completed last year.

The LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute, or Foodii, has welcomed six new tenants into its stable of food-based startup companies.

The foot traffic going in and around I Rivermark Centre in downtown Baton Rouge...

Louisiana was named among the nation’s top 10 hydrogen hubs last week as the state gears for several major infrastructure expansions. 

Even as oil and gas companies post record profits, the industry is facing a worsening talent drought, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Gov. John Bel Edwards says more work is needed to close the gap in funding between the state’s two land-grant universities.