Economic Development

Fifty dollars a pound. That’s the current price of jumbo lump crabmeat in Louisiana, a nearly 100% increase and the starkest example of just how much more you might pay for this year’s beloved Lenten menu items.

Glance up around Baton Rouge and some of the most recognizable rooflines you will see are the work of Roofing Solutions, the Prairieville-based company founded in 2004 by then-21-year-old Tupac de la Cruz.

Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his energy...

A new brunch and lunch spot, The Blues Cafe, is set to open on 3rd Street in downtown Baton Rouge this month.

James “Pepper” Rutland took many of the life lessons he learned through athletics and applied them to running his business. 

Owners of businesses in the Perkins Road overpass area have spent more than $30,000 of their own money on a plan for a bicyclist and pedestrian trail.

Alvarez Construction Company purchased 38 lots in the Settlement on Shoe Creek subdivision in Central for $1.8 million on Friday.

To overcome the resource curse Louisiana's economic future is inextricably linked to our commitment to knowledge, research and technology.

James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.

Tupac de la Cruz, determined to be a success when he left Costa Rica at age 16, has built Roofing Solutions into one of the nation’s largest commercial roofing companies.