Economic Development

Former Metro Council member Ryan Heck, along with partners Steven Cheathan and Jason Rallis, launched Resilient Energy Solutions this week, a generator and HVAC equipment rental company. 

SU President William Tate has named Keena Arbuthnot as the university's first chief data officer.

An exhibition game in Baton Rouge between two international men’s soccer teams was canceled hours before the planned Sunday night kickoff after some of the Honduran players objected to the field conditions at Olympia Stadium following their Saturday training session. 

LSU mechanical engineering associate professor Manas Gartia is working with a team of 24 researchers spanning five states to develop a new type of rice that better withstands drought conditions.   

There is massive new investment taking place in the industrial sector that’s set to shape the economic landscape for years to come, according to Axios.

What is as good as a raise? A break from drudgery, according to The Wall Street Journal.   

Louisiana residents will weigh in this week on the state’s bid to take over primary authority for permitting carbon capture wells. 

Advance notices were filed with the state on Friday for a new recycling facility that would process plastics that are traditionally hard to break down. 

U.S. worker productivity has dropped significantly, including in key large states, leaving some economists alarmed by the decrease in a measure that could mean trillions of dollars to the economy.

The Baton Rouge metro area gained about 3,400 jobs from April to May and 18,700 jobs compared to the same month last year, according to the latest seasonally adjusted numbers from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.