Economic Development

Managers and executives are starting to feel like they have more authority as the pendulum of who has more leverage swings back toward employers, despite a still-tight labor market, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and the Baton Rouge Carbon Reduction Alliance have partnered...

U.S. applications for jobless aid fell again last week to their lowest level since...

More than $21 billion in new and expanded industrial projects focused on decarbonization have been announced for Louisiana since 2020, state officials say. 

Bernhard Capital Partners announced that its portfolio company Atlas Technical Consultants Inc. has agreed to be acquired by private investment firm GI Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.05 billion.

Louisiana saw 206 acquisition or merger transactions announced or closed in 2022 that involved...

Louisiana lawmakers are considering a program that would provide grants of up to $10,000...

U.S. job openings rose to 11 million in December, delivering a setback to the Federal Reserve's effort to cool a hot job market.

Developers of a mixed-use community planned for Highland Road outside of the Magnolia Woods have requested another two months to update their plans before Planning Commission consideration. 

Louisiana government under former Gov. Mike Foster consolidated most state offices downtown, which helped spur the city core’s revitalization.