Economic Development

Local health care providers are still reeling from the March 19 announcement that Ochsner Health is acquiring the largest OB/GYN practice in the market, Louisiana Women’s Healthcare, which is based in the physician’s office building at Woman’s Hospital.

The number of people seeking bankruptcy fell sharply during the pandemic as government aid...

Baton Rouge’s Water Institute of the Gulf has landed a contract with the Commonwealth...

Louisiana’s Misclassification of Employees Task Force, which was assembled to tackle employer payroll fraud...

Louisiana lawmakers should dedicate all of the tax proceeds from legal sports betting to...

Nearly two-thirds, or 63%, of people working remotely would feel comfortable returning to the...

Replacing high-paying oil jobs with clean energy jobs is much easier said than done, a three-person panel of Louisiana professionals with Gulf Coast operations agreed during a virtual discussion Thursday evening of the state of the oil and gas industry.

Louisiana's congressional members have coalesced behind their preference for a new map of the...

Richport Technical College has closed on a permit to occupy a 7,500-square-foot suite in the Bluebonnet Parc shopping center near the Mall of Louisiana, according to records filed with the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court’s office.

Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, has dropped his plans to file a gasoline tax increase during the upcoming legislative session due, in large part, to the expected windfall in federal pandemic relief dollars headed to the state.