Economic Development

Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, who retired from the U.S. Army after 37 years, will be Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s chief administrator starting Monday. 

Louisiana’s unemployment rate is again at a record low, sitting at 3.1%, according to...

The U.S. House moved urgently Wednesday to head off the looming nationwide rail strike, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved.

In a significant shake-up of her administration, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today announced that former Louisiana National Guard leader Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis will replace Darryl Gissel as the city’s chief administrative officer.  

Private hiring slowed sharply during November in a sign that the historically tight labor...

Despite high interest rates and chronic inflation, the U.S. economy grew at a 2.9%...

For nearly three hours on Monday afternoon, a group of more than 60 area leaders in business, local government and education met in a training center at Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation’s office off Acadian Thruway to discuss the future of Baton Rouge.   

A record-breaking drought throughout the Mississippi River basin is finally beginning to ease, The Gazette reports.

Most of Louisiana’s nine major metro areas are expected to see more job growth...

The overwhelming view among economists and Fed watchers is that the country is barreling toward a recession, The Washington Post reports.