Economic Development

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began taking public comments today on Louisiana’s request to have primary authority over wells used in carbon capture and sequestration projects. 

The U.S. commercial real estate market is in a state of transition, with several disrupting factors at play, according to Kevin Fagan, with Moody’s Investors Service. 

Venture Global has reached a long-term agreement to sell liquified natural gas from its Calcasieu Parish facility to Japan’s largest power provider. 

ExxonMobil more than doubled its profit during the first quarter, producing more oil to...

The average profit margin for sellers of single-family houses and condos in the Baton Rouge metro area was down during the first three months of this year, new data shows. 

The Capital Region saw its retail vacancy rates drop from 8.81% to 7.17% last year, following a national trend of lowering rates. Nationwide, retail vacancy rates are the lowest in a decade. 

The number of businesses opening across East Baton Rouge Parish has trended down since 2010, but net business growth is up thanks to fewer businesses closing their doors, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. 

All seven of the candidates for Louisiana governor agree more public money should be...

Nearly two years ago, an errant spark inside a mill in north Louisiana caused an explosion so big it destroyed all the building’s equipment and blew a corrugated fiberglass wall 100 feet. 

Louisiana officials still expect to receive about $1 billion to promote broadband internet access in the state thanks to the federal infrastructure bill passed in late 2021.