Economic Development

Louisiana is rich in passenger train lore with its City of New Orleans locomotive the subject of the iconic 1971 song written by and first recorded by Steve Goodman and later covered by Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson. 

To deal with cost-of-living increases and the need to retain workers in the still-tough labor market, a growing number of large employers are raising salaries in the middle of the year or giving workers special bonuses

Louisiana’s economy shrank dramatically to start 2022, according to new federal data, driven by...

Approximately 63,000 employees in Louisiana quit their jobs in April, matching March’s total, as the Great Resignation born of the COVID pandemic continues.

Last year’s annual defense bill authorized the Army and Air Force to spend more money in Louisiana than in any other state, and the strides are expected to continue as we march further into 2022. 

Energy transport company Williams announced last week that it has reached a final investment...

The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.

Baton Rouge-based engineering and land surveying firm Forte and Tablada today announced it has acquired Boyd Holmes Engineering Inc. 

Finding an affordable home is increasingly difficult for Capital Region buyers, a new report shows. 

ExxonMobil is selling its Canadian shale gas business for roughly $1.5 billion, marking the...