Economic Development

Louisiana lawmakers reach the halfway mark of their nine-week regular session this week, working...

Through April 2021, the total number of commercial sales in the East Baton Rouge market is up 37% and the total dollar volume of sales is up 41% over the previous six-year averages, according to an analysis released today by local real estate firm Elifin Realty.

There was great concern among Louisiana sugarcane farmers that the record cold temperatures at...

The disappointing April jobs report prompted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today to call...

The selection of William Tate as LSU’s next president is earning high marks from a variety of stakeholders, who say the board’s selection of an administrator with strong academic credentials who will also make history as LSU’s first Black president sends a message to the rest of the country that the beleaguered flagship is committed to turning over a new leaf.

During the depths of the pandemic, business owners had to get creative about keeping...

A Louisiana House committee advanced a bill Thursday meant to clarify enforcement of laws...

The House of Representatives approved the state's budget package yesterday, paving the way for...

Health care providers—and patients—were upended by COVID-19, but the crisis also provided opportunities to embrace new technologies.

After granting their struggling retail tenants leeway with rent payments for much of 2020, Baton Rouge landlords have largely decided it’s time to drop the hammer.