Economic Development

A request for annexation into the city of Baton Rouge filed by a dozen homeowners in the Willow Ridge subdivision, which sits on the border between the city and the prospective city of St. George, is expected to generate intense debate at Wednesday’s Metro Council meeting.

Unemployment claims in the state rose for a second straight week and Southeast Louisiana, specifically,...

If working parents, whose schedules have been upended by the pandemic, on-again-off-again school days and weather disruptions, think they have it rough, they should try running a day care center.

LSU researchers have developed new methods of predicting how many hurricanes will pass through the Gulf of Mexico in a given hurricane season, the school says. 

State lawmakers have scheduled a committee meeting for Monday to dive into a number...

Several south Louisiana ports have joined together to request federal assistance in recovering from Hurricane Ida, which damaged port infrastructure, waterways and communities, according to an announcement from the Port of New Orleans. 

When Kansas City Southern announced Sunday that it had decided to make a deal with Canadian Pacific, which bid $31 million to buy the railroad, it appeared to throw a monkey wrench in plans for a Baton Rouge-to-New Orleans passenger rail link. However, officials say it’s not a lost cause just yet.

Garden District residents on the Nextdoor app were already embroiled this week in a robust debate over one of their favorite topics: the recent changes on Government Street that have reduced four traffic lanes to three, added bike lanes, sidewalks, and medians with flower beds.

The gulf between record job openings and a lack of people taking those jobs...

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from...