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New school: Kenilworth Science and Technology Academy and Building Hope today announced the official...

Louisiana’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy has drawn over $50 billion in private investments in recent years, one of many measures of progress highlighted by a legislative task force.

Following Gov. John Bel Edwards’ announcement that most state employees will gain access to six weeks of paid family leave, the state’s higher education systems, which are not bound by the state’s policies, are looking to adopt the same. 

ExxonMobil continues to diversify its energy portfolio as it aims to be a major U.S. lithium supplier for makers of electric vehicle batteries.

A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald’s. But it’s already facing significant pushback from businesses and some members of Congress.

Construction began this week on the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s $10.8 million renovation...

Very few employers systematically track their employees’ health and wellbeing, which means many are...

The pandemic may have permanently altered work life for millions, changing how employers envision the office.

A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart...

An industrial contractor’s ability to maintain a healthy profit margin can be tenuous, at best, in an age of fluctuating material prices, rising wages and escalating interest rates.