Education & Workforce

U.S. applications for jobless claims rose slightly last week but remain at healthy levels with companies reluctant to let go of employees in a tight labor market. 

Average weekly wages for East Baton Rouge Parish were nearly flat last year, with fourth-quarter wages declining 1% year over year. 

LSU officials and Mayor Sharon Weston Broome are urging creation of a Louisiana Cultural District that encompasses the university’s flagship campus. 

Louisiana’s treasury remains flush from better-than-expected corporate, personal income, sales and severance tax collections.

In the wake of the pandemic, there’s been fierce debate about what workers really want. 

Why does LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward view his management style as more executive...

An out-of-state investor has purchased The Villas at Riverbend student apartments for $23.75 million, according to records with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.

The Baton Rouge metro area added about 2,100 jobs from March to April and about 14,400 jobs since April of last year, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported today. 

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has finally come to terms on the purchase of 25 acres off Perkins Road for $3 million that will serve as the future location of a long-planned elementary school.

More than 200,000 Louisiana workers quit their jobs in the first quarter of 2023,...