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About $181 million in recent local reimbursement requests to the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for disaster recovery spending did not adhere to program rules, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office reports. 

As drought continues to force saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico upriver in Louisiana, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this morning announced a plan to slow the flow.

Baton Rouge tutoring and academic workspace Studyville was named one of America’s 70 top small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week. 

More than 150 million sports bets were placed in Louisiana during August, bringing in more than $2.1 million in tax revenue and even more for the sportsbooks across the state. 

A Baton Rouge-based audio-visual systems integration company has been acquired by the CEO of an Illinois-based meeting room technology provider. 

A handful of Louisiana leaders traveled to Washington D.C. this week to talk about...

The District of Columbia Infrastructure Academy trains workers for high-demand jobs while paying them...

Baton Rouge nonprofit the Walls Project today announced it has received a $6 million grant from the U.S. Forest Services that it will use to launch an agroforestry apprenticeship program. 

Small business owners are more optimistic than they have been since early 2020, according to the Q3 Small Business Index. 

A $1.1 billion solar panel manufacturing facility broke ground today in Iberia Parish.