Economic Development

LSU is one of 13 colleges and universities participating in the latest cohort of the American Council on Education Internationalization Lab, the university announced today. 

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is touting this week’s oil-and-gas land lease sale—the first to take place during the Biden administration—saying it could deliver $100 million to the state in the next year.

Louisiana added the largest number and percentage of construction jobs of all 50 states in October, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today.

The pandemic was predicted to deliver a heavy blow to retailers, but instead, some...

CK Office Park at 17170 Perkins Road was bought by Baton Rouge-based Honor Properties LLC for $7 million on Wednesday.

Major public projects cannot be relied upon exclusively to mitigate flood risk, speakers said during Thursday’s closing session of the Center for Planning Excellence’s Smart Growth Summit. 

A proposed development of 60 single-family homes off of Burbank Drive called Maple Cove, which was to be built completely in a flood zone, was removed from the Metro Council agenda Wednesday after it was also blocked by the Planning Commission in September.

Two of Baton Rouge’s three river-adjacent casinos saw significant revenue gains last month, leading to a market-wide increase of 20.7%, according to the latest report to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board made public today.

Intralox plans $60M plant expansion with 425 new jobs in Hammond

The Louisiana Community and Technical College System is seeing indications of enrollment growth after new enrollments fell off last year, the system’s chief public affairs officer says.