Economic Development

For years, electric vehicles posed something of a chicken-and-egg problem.  Mass adoption, seen as critical...

Louisiana industry’s movement away from traditional forms of energy has begun. Biofuels, hydrogen, green ammonia, and the utilization of carbon dioxide are each getting their own attention, but the pace in which they’ll become reality is up for debate.

A record number of residents are worried about whether their children can thrive here, and believe East Baton Rouge Parish is going in the wrong direction

Cheap money was fueling the nation’s economy before the pandemic. But over the past year, the Federal Reserve has been aggressively raising interest rates

The cohort of more than 100 Baton Rouge-area community leaders in business, local government and education came away from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s canvas trip to Greenville, South Carolina, with a familiar tune: The need for a focus on downtown. 

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to take up a proposal to...

The days of cheap money and a frenzied post-pandemic real estate market are over as the cooling residential sector swings toward buyers—if they can afford the mortgage.

A holding company including Baton Rouge investors is set to buy Fernandez Bay Village,...

Multiple times during the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s Regional Benchmarking Workshop the delegation from...

ExxonMobil is considering leasing or selling unused office space at the sprawling Houston-area campus...