Economic Development

Gov. John Bel Edwards and state lawmakers may have to clear additional hurdles this year to spend all the money available to them in the next 15 months.

There were around 178,000 job openings in Louisiana in January, the most the state...

Capital Region residents awaiting the highly touted flood control measures from the Comite River Diversion Canal project will likely face at least two more hurricane seasons before work is complete. 

An initiative launched last year to encourage downtown workers to linger in the area past 5 p.m. is being expanded to downtown event attendees and residents. 

Louisiana's corporate franchise tax rate of 0.275% ranks second highest in the country, according to a report from the nonprofit Tax Foundation.

Baton Rouge’s Downtown Development District has launched a public survey to inform the strategic planning process that will guide the DDD over the next five years. 

Southwest Louisiana has proved that it can take challenges in stride, Site Selection magazine...

A planned carbon capture and sequestration hub in Calcasieu Parish could abate some $11 billion in environmental damages over its lifetime, according to a new report by LSU’s  Center for Energy Studies. 

Recently announced layoffs at Amazon are not expected to change the company’s commitment to its planned facility in Baton Rouge

Small businesses are likely to find getting a loan more difficult because of the ongoing turmoil in the banking industry, which is raising the risk of a recession, according to The Wall Street Journal.