Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

LSU, Southern buck declining enrollment trend, here’s how

The Capital Region’s public colleges and universities are growing their student bodies even as state and national enrollment trends point in the other direction. 

Corporate profits slowing after months of rapid growth 

U.S. corporations’ staggering profit growth of the past several months has stalled, based on...

Homebuilder Troyer Builders expanding to Baton Rouge market

Troyer Builders, a Metairie-based builder of custom homes, is expanding to the Baton Rouge metro. 

Roundup: Ascension power outages / Economic growth / Wall Street 

In the dark, again: A widespread outage in parts of Ascension Parish knocked out...

Louisiana joins 13-state offshore wind partnership 

The White House announced Wednesday that Louisiana and California have joined a pro-offshore wind...

US initial jobless claims continue to fall 

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell last week as the labor...
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Where Louisiana ranks on list of best states for Black entrepreneurs

Louisiana is the sixth-best state for Black entrepreneurs, according to an analysis by Merchant Maverick, a comparison website that reviews small business software and services.

OLOL takes operational helm of LSU student health center

Our Lady of the Lake Health officially took over LSU’s student health center today, one year after the hospital system invested $170 million in the university to fund research and redevelop the student health cetner’s operation, according to an LSU announcement. 

Proposed Lake Charles LNG plant poised to move forward

At least three proposed U.S. liquefied natural gas export plants have likely found enough...

Most workers will see their pay rise this year, but by how much?

A lot of U.S. workers will be getting raises this year, according to a...
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