Education & Workforce

LSU students having a tough time discussing sexual assault

LSU students have more difficulty talking about sexual assault on campus than students at other universities, according to the latest college free speech rankings.

Business lessons from the military: Have a process, but stay flexible

Patrick Downs, a civil engineer with Forte & Tablada, spent almost a year deployed with the National Guard in Iraq, returning in October.

Meet the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge class of 2022

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge features a class of 23 Capital Region high school students who will generate business ideas, write business plans, pitch to investors for seed funding and launch their own startups.

Employees increasingly ‘boomerang’ to past workplaces 

An increasing number of people, often dubbed boomerangs, are returning to companies they once...

Supply chain snags, aging workforce fuel demand for truckers, training

Providers of commercial truck driving training are seeing more applicants seeking to fill what industry leaders say is a driver shortage.

Gov. Edwards sticks with schools vaccine plan despite opposition

An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of litigation aren't changing Gov. John Bel Edwards' mind about requiring some Louisiana students to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the next school year or file a written opt-out form.
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The great resignation

Upended by the pandemic, refocused with new priorities and finding themselves with unprecedented clout, employees are increasingly saying ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to their jobs.

Controversial Zachary subdivision will now go before Planning Commission in January

The Trivento subdivision, a proposed 900-plus-home Zachary development by D.R. Horton, will now go before the Planning Commission in January.

RoyOMartin, family donates $3.5M to three LSU campuses 

Lumber company RoyOMartin, and LSU alumni Roy O. Martin III and Kathy Kilpatrick Martin have committed $3.5 million to advance top capital priorities on three LSU campuses. 

Louisiana employee quitting rate surged heading into fall

Louisiana workers increasingly walked away from their jobs in September as the number of...