Economic Development

The new LNG Center for Excellence at McNeese State University could become home to...

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week with the labor market continuing to cruise along despite higher interest rates intended to cool hiring.

Theaters in Baton Rouge such as those operated by Cinemark and AMC are not immune from the current industry shutdown caused by the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes. As the strike prolongs, movie theaters across the nation face impending risk, Axios reports. 

After years of complaints that Baton Rouge’s biking experience is lackluster, two of the area’s largest bike path systems will be connected later this year. 

If Louisiana had grown at the average rate of its regional neighbors since the beginning of 2016, the state would have 239,000 more jobs and 301,000 more residents than it does now, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and the MovEBR program management team released proposed plans for...

LSU’s online and continuing education department today announced it is launching an artificial intelligence and machine learning boot camp through its partnership with tech education provider Fullstack Academy.  

Chauna Banks, who sits on East Baton Rouge Parish’s Metro Council and Planning Commission, says cities within the parish are slowing development in nearby unincorporated areas.

Reduced general fund appropriations in recent years have forced Louisiana state parks to spend improvement funds on operations, creating a $42 million backlog of needed repairs.

When Robert Twilley was appointed to lead LSU’s Office of Research and Economic Development...