Economic Development

City-parish officials are beginning the effort to update FuturEBR, the five-year master plan that is meant to guide development in Baton Rouge and the parish’s unincorporated areas. 

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ final proposed state budget, which was presented to a joint legislative committee this morning, includes raises for teachers, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding for transportation projects

Demand for labor seems to be outstripping labor supply in the Capital Region and nationwide. But why?

McDonald’s Corp. has signed an agreement to purchase solar power from Lightsource bp's Prairie...

Louisiana is among 25 states lagging the national average in productivity, a group that comprises 43% of total U.S. employment and 37% of real GDP.  

The share of Capital Region workers who work from home more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, according to U.S. census estimates. 

After working beside some of the world’s leading specialists at MD Anderson Cancer Center...

BREC has chosen Austin-based Atlas Technical Consultants to provide project management services for some $100 million worth of capital improvement projects, the firm announced this morning.

Privately owned housing starts fell 4.5% from December to January, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. 

Texas-based J.W. Logistics LLC expanded its south Louisiana operations this week, leasing 30,120 square feet in the Pelican Point Commerce Center in Gonzales,