Education & Workforce

Schools, universities, workforce training, and the talent pipeline preparing the region’s next generation of workers.

Budget work is complete but other issues remain for session’s final week 

The Louisiana Legislature is heading into its final week after a Memorial Day weekend...

Sleeping later when you work from home doesn’t help in the long run

Hybrid office schedules, with some days in the office and other days at home,...

Baton Rouge unemployment rate drops to 3.1%

Louisiana currently has the lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in more than a decade,

New technologies bringing Baton Rouge filmmaking into the future

As National Treasure, one of the biggest film productions to come to Baton Rouge since the pandemic, nears the end of its first season’s production in June, the future of filmmaking in Baton Rouge is bright.

Baton Rouge still experiencing severe worker shortage as summer nears

Rick Patel is planning to open his new restaurant, Tap 65, inside the former...

Southern, Georgetown agree to five-year partnership 

The Southern University System has signed a memorandum of understanding with Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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LSU, Southern ag centers double down on partnership 

The memorandum of understanding will expand an existing partnership that has focused primarily on extension work

Community group looking to open new school after BRIS closure 

Following the April announcement that Baton Rouge International School would be permanently closing after 22 years

NFIB finds widespread economic concern within construction industry 

Construction industry business owners are more concerned about the state of the economy than those in other sectors and are having a harder time filling jobs,

Alford: An in-depth look at campaign staffing challenges

With high-profile elections peppering ballots this year and next, campaigns in Louisiana are facing the same kind of staffing challenges as traditional businesses, especially when it comes to finding senior positions like managers.
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