Education & Workforce

The recently closed Franciscan High School may soon be replaced by a Helix Academy school, according to a permit filed with the city-parish

While John Spain is stepping down as executive vice president of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a position he has held for two decades, he remains under contract with BRAF for the next two years.

When looking at a data set for a region or city, the data must be crafted into a story with context for people to fully understand what it means. 

Employees are working fewer hours than they have in the past few years, research...

Every major metro area in Louisiana had a higher unemployment rate in May than in May of last year, the federal government reports. 

Louisiana’s workers have been leaving their jobs at unprecedented rates for several months now, but April saw fewer call it quits than March’s near-record high number, USA Today Network reports. 

Baton Rouge employment by Deanna B. Narveson  From April to May,...

LSU finance professor R. Kelley Pace says borrowers who attended Louisiana schools such as...

Tulsa, Oklahoma, has a larger population than Baton Rouge, but the two midsize cities in conservative states known for the oil and gas industry have a lot in common, including similar concerns about attracting and retaining talent. 

The NCAA's Independent Resolution Panel ruled today that LSU’s football and men's basketball programs will be on probation for the next three years for recruiting violations, The Daily Advertiser reports.