Education & Workforce

The Varsity Theatre was forced to close in April 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions and since then the iconic Baton Rouge venue has had a hard time reopening fully, mostly due to staffing shortages.

The pandemic has unleashed a historic burst in entrepreneurship and self-employment, The Wall Street...

U.S. workers are back to holiday travel, and many are now taking longer trips than they did before the pandemic began, thanks to the ability to log working hours from a vacation location. 

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession.

Louisiana's Republican legislative leaders are outraged about a plan by Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration to start requiring some students to get the coronavirus vaccination or submit a written dissent to attend school.

In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for. Companies understand that principle when...

Business owners are facing challenges preparing for President Biden’s vaccine mandate, with some saying...

LSU is one of 13 colleges and universities participating in the latest cohort of the American Council on Education Internationalization Lab, the university announced today. 

Capital Region petrochemical plants are expected to go ahead next year with maintenance and turnaround work that was put on the back burner due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance CEO Connie Fabré says.

Many predicted that national paid work leave would become a reality in 2021. The pandemic was an indicator that American workers desperately needed financial support, however, the future of national paid leave is still undecided.