Economic Development

The U.S. labor market is beginning to fracture, as some businesses curb hiring while others are desperate for employees. 

Wages for median workers at the majority of big American companies are higher than they were before the pandemic, with the tight job market helping to lift paydays for many bank tellers, factory workers and software programmers, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Mid South Extrusion, which produces polyethylene film for food packaging and other consumer and industrial uses, is investing $4.9 million to add a 12th production line at its manufacturing facility in Monroe. 

The Louisiana Legislature is heading into its final week after a Memorial Day weekend...

Officials today presented three location options for a new Mississippi River bridge crossing in the Capital Region.

Louisiana currently has the lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in more than a decade,

As National Treasure, one of the biggest film productions to come to Baton Rouge since the pandemic, nears the end of its first season’s production in June, the future of filmmaking in Baton Rouge is bright.

Rick Patel is planning to open his new restaurant, Tap 65, inside the former...

Grocery prices in Louisiana have risen significantly over the course of the year—and the...

Milestone Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, has purchased an 80% stake in GoAuto, a low-cost auto insurer.