Economic Development

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled roughly...

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that would give full statewide licensure to plumbers currently restricted to working in a certain parish or local jurisdiction. 

The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation ranks Louisiana’s unemployment insurance tax system fifth best in...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today announced the city-parish has put out a request for proposals for contractors to provide solid waste and recycling services. 

An Australian company’s Louisiana subsidiary can get up to $107 million in U.S. Department of Energy loans to expand a plant that produces materials for electric car batteries, the department said Monday.

Louisiana Capitol served as a good reminder that the divide between local governments and business and industry is alive and well.

The litigants in the St. George incorporation lawsuit squared off one last time today before the trial begins next week. 

NFIB’s monthly Small Business Economic Trends report finds that inflation is now the number one problem facing small business owners. 

Prices have remained high at local grocery stores for a number of reasons, and may stay inflated for the foreseeable future.

It's graduation season, and a new pool of talent is entering the market, but these new candidates may be pickier about what they're looking for and what's going to make them want to stay at a job, according to Inc.