Economic Development

The total U.S. oil and gas rig count jumped to 424, an increase of...

Though the city-parish deal to purchase a tire shredder with federal grant money fell through last September, the environmental consulting firm that was planning to partner with the parish in operating the equipment is moving forward with plans to open its own tire shredding facility this spring.

  The pandemic and recession aren’t over by a long shot, but banks are feeling...

Many Baton Rouge-based restaurants are expanding into Ascension Parish, with an accelerated effort in recent months to establish a presence in the Prairieville/Dutchtown corridor.

At the peak of the 2020 crawfish season, Gov. John Bel Edwards had just...

Trade Construction, a Baton Rouge-based full-service industrial contractor specializing in pipe manufacturing, today announced...

A national firearms retailer will be one step closer to breaking ground in the Louisiana market if the Planning Commission approves its final development plan next month.

Entrepreneur: Chris Cummings is the founder and CEO of Pass It Down, a digital exhibit builder platform that launched in Tennessee before moving to Baton Rouge.

The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most...

From providing the building blocks for PPE manufacturing to powering hospitals, the American oil and gas industry proved last year it is not only an essential industry but that it’s also critical to pandemic recovery efforts moving forward.