Economic Development

The reasons behind the Great Resignation are as varied as the movement is widespread....

While the Baton Rouge area has experienced job growth in recent years, much of it was tied to industrial construction, thanks in large part to the boost low natural gas prices gave the region’s petrochemical sector. 

American frackers are raising the number of drilling rigs in oil fields by more...

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is seeing a surge in travelers as COVID-19 numbers drop and spring and summer vacations begin.

Are high oil prices, on balance, good or bad for the state? That’s a complex question without an easy answer.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s cutting-edge bariatric and metabolic surgery center opened its new facilities...

Inflation has many companies deciding whether to raise prices or take smaller profit margins, and local car washes are no exception.

The U.S. Department of Energy has given a liquefied natural gas exporter operating in Louisiana and Texas permission for additional sales to every country entirely in Europe as they seek to move away from Russian oil and gas because of that country’s war against Ukraine.

A Louisiana lawmaker has proposed legislation that would position the state to receive nearly $200 million in federal funding to fix abandoned oil and gas wells. 

After months of anticipation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time since 2018 in hopes of tempering persistent inflation.