Economic Development

Companies across the globe announced just over $1 trillion of mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2022, which ended yesterday, according to Refinitiv.

The survey of Visit Baton Rouge stakeholders, which drew 241 respondents, found the city to be a weak destination, lacking an ability to align the public, private and civic sectors to drive performance.

The national unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low 3.6% in March, as employers...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration is seeking proposals from outside firms that are interested in running the parish’s wastewater treatment facilities. 

Construction employment in Louisiana has rebounded somewhat since the beginning of the pandemic, but the state remains below pre-pandemic levels, New Orleans City Business reports. 

President Joe Biden today ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the U.S. and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted Wednesday to hire an outside engineering consultant to...

The Small Business Administration's relatively new Community Advantage loan program is getting an upgrade...

Babcock and Wilcox, an Ohio-based energy and service provider, will partner with Kiewit Industrial to provide power to the Grön Fuels facility planned for the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Babcock and Wilcox announced today.

The 2021 hurricane season was the third most active on record and AccuWeather's hurricane...