Economic Development

LaPolitics: The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion will bring 12,000 jobs to southeast Louisiana, largely in...

A robust public education effort is a necessary part of implementing a stormwater management program, says Laurens Van der Tak, water resilience director for the Americas with Jacobs. 

Few argue that Baton Rouge is a three-casino market but CQ Holdings is betting that upgrading and moving its two downtown casinos inland will improve the odds.

The business landscape is littered with the carcasses of companies (think Sears and Blockbuster Video) that failed to transform their operations to keep up with a changing marketplace.

Baton Rouge has added more than 6,000 jobs in the past three months, according to the latest report from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.

The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose slightly last week, but the labor market remains healthy despite job cuts that have begun to spread across industries most affected by soaring interest rates, such as housing and technology.

The Louisiana Housing Corporation recently approved $45 million in bonds to develop the 170-unit affordable multifamily Cypress at Ardendale phase one complex north of Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge. 

Baton Rouge-based Kolache Kitchen today announced its second Key West, Florida, location will open later this year. The store will be the company’s seventh. 

The federal government has selected the first two areas for offshore wind development in...

Houston-based hotel developer and operator American Liberty Hospitality has added Baton Rouge's Hampton Inn & Suites on Rieger Road