Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

Moran Printing/Emprint moving corporate office to Highland, expanding offerings

Moran Printing Inc./Emprint is moving its main office and production center from Florida Boulevard to its warehouse and fulfillment center location on Highland Road. 

Louisiana’s real GDP decreased by 3% during second quarter 

Real gross domestic product decreased 3% in Louisiana during the second quarter of this year, but personal income increased by 5.8% i

​​EBR announces strategy to promote electric vehicles, win share of $7.5B

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration has created a strategic plan to promote the use of electric vehicles and develop the infrastructure to support EVs.

Frustration in the workforce fuels surge of quick quitting

The rate of workers holding jobs for less than a year increased 4.94% in...

Low Mississippi River water levels impacting barge traffic 

Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time—as crop harvests begin.

Red Stick Brothers Properties buys 38 homes for $2.51M

Red Stick Brothers Properties has purchased 38 properties in north Baton Rouge for the sum of $2.51 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.
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Why companies continue to hire even as growth shrinks

A persistent economic puzzle is why labor is still so tight amid slowing growth, high inflation and growing fears of recession, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Ways to tell if a recession has begun 

The economy shrank in the first half of this year, the government confirmed in...

$6.9M federal grant will help alleviate Baton Rouge teacher shortage 

California-nonprofit Reach University, in partnership with the Louisiana Resource Center for Educators and New Schools for Baton Rouge,

US initial jobless claims fall as hiring remains strong

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropped last week, a sign that few companies are cutting jobs despite high inflation and a weaker economy.
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