Economic Development

LEWCO Specialty Products, an industrial equipment supplier in Baton Rouge, bought property on North...

Georgia-based JPB Holdings is planning a 49-unit affordable apartment development on 2 acres at...

Louisiana residents will have a chance to review 10 proposed locations for a new bridge over the Mississippi River in the Baton Rouge area.

There’s new pressure to increase U.S. oil production, but it’s not that simple, Fox...

For the city and parish combined, recurring sales and use tax collections totaled $18.7 million in January, a 17.5% increase over the same month in 2021.  

The Capital Area Road and Bridge District at a meeting today is expected to narrow from 20 the number of locations still in play for a new Mississippi River bridge, the director of an industry-backed transportation group says. 

Demand for office leases have picked up in the Baton Rouge market in recent months as companies become more comfortable making deals.

As the Legislature prepares to go into a special session Wednesday to decide whether...

Larger employers are revamping the way they conduct background checks on potential employees as a way to fight the tight labor market, Axios reports. 

Two years after the pandemic began and despite inflation and the war in Ukraine driving prices up, Louisiana’s employment numbers are at their highest since March 2020, with Baton Rouge adding the second most jobs of any Louisiana metro from January to February.