Education & Workforce

Feds: LSU arena finalist secretly made millions in ‘incentives’ steering its clients to Ticketmaster

A signed non-prosecution agreement in the indictment involving the top contender for the LSU...

LSU helped launch it. Now Bocock Brothers’ college cigar line is growing

Last year, Houston-based cigar company Bocock Brothers made history when it began selling officially...

Baton Rouge’s MasteryPrep is expanding its Texas footprint with this acquisition

Baton Rouge-based ed-tech firm MasteryPrep has acquired Sirius Education Solutions, a leading provider of...

Louisiana schools face uncertainty amid $6.8B federal funding freeze

On June 30, the U.S. Department of Education told states that it was placing...

Louisiana is responding to chronic absenteeism with a new strategy

As Louisiana makes strides in academic recovery, a new state-led initiative is putting the...

Louisiana companies tread carefully as political and cultural shifts reshape diversity efforts

Efforts to understand how Baton Rouge-area businesses are adapting to shifts in diversity, equity...
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The Newtron way: A belief in doing right by employees helped this contractor become a billion-dollar business

In each of The Newtron Group’s offices and job site trailers across the country...

What to know about LSU’s $215M dorm project

The LSU Board of Supervisors approved plans on Friday for two new residence halls...

BREC appoints pair to interim leadership roles

BREC interim Superintendent Janet Simmons has appointed Maurice Velasquez as interim chief operating officer...

Coalition working to address staffing shortages at area hospitals

The Baton Rouge Health District has secured a $1 million grant from the Louisiana...