Economic Development

Louisiana breweries believe craft-friendly regulations from state legislators would help them make the good times roll.

Activist Gary Chambers is defending the young developers in line to receive $6 million in American Rescue Plan funds from the Broome administration for a 51,000-square-foot mixed-use development with 36 affordable housing units in Scotlandville.

It came as a surprise to many that Louisiana’s industrial supply chain was so...

As Metro Council members begin to delve into Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s spending plan for the $73 million in American Rescue Plan dollars headed to Baton Rouge, they’re starting to ask questions

Similar to health care’s push into telemedicine in 2020, changes brought by the pandemic...

After several months of feuding with lawmakers over funding for various projects and her administration’s COVID-19 restrictions, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has come out against the legislative leadership's crown jewel on the fall ballot—Constitutional Amendment No. 1 to centralize sales tax collections. 

Thousands of workers remain on strike across the U.S. demanding higher pay and better conditions despite Hollywood make-up artists and camera operators reaching a deal over the weekend to avoid a walkout, and the tight jobs market has only emboldened them.

Louisiana’s heavy reliance on federal dollars to pay for roads and bridges slows down the pace of construction, says state Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen. 

ProSource Wholesale of Baton Rouge, a wholesale home and commercial improvement supplier, bought a building at 10848 Airline Highway for $2.9 million on Friday and plans to move its Baton Rouge operations there next year. 

One-quarter of all critical infrastructure in the U.S.—36,000 facilities including airports, utilities, and hospitals—is...