Business News

Honeywell International has applied for about $7.3 million in sales tax and payroll rebates tied to a $343 million expansion of its Geismar facility that is expected to support at least 30 new permanent jobs. 

The b1 Foundation’s Gov. Buddy Roemer Small Business Center will open for business on Wednesday, offering services to help boost economic development. 

The John Deere Company is working with the LSU AgCenter to use artificial intelligence to better predict sugarcane breeding and harvest yields.  

The Republican Attorneys General Association spent $1.8 million on behalf of GOP candidate Elizabeth Murrill ahead of the Louisiana primary election Oct. 14—an amount of money that dwarfs what her opponents were able to raise.

Feeling like your office is stuck in never-ending urgent mode, with never enough time or space to flourish in the creative and deep work you love?

For the second year in a row, Dallas-based Tap Innovations once again tops the list of the fastest-growing companies owned or led by LSU alumni. 

Cadence Insurance, a multistate company headquartered in Baton Rouge, has agreed to a purchase offer from global insurance broker and consultant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the companies announced today. 

As small businesses increasingly face cybersecurity threats, the government, specifically the Department of Defense, is stepping in to equip entrepreneurs with tools to defend against cyber attacks. 

The internal legislative elections for president of the Louisiana Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives are developing rapidly as politicos wrap up the 2023 election cycle.  

Testifying before Congress last week, a Louisiana oil and gas advocate lobbied for uninterrupted...