Wedding photographers like Baton Rouge-based Eric Garcia are noticing a shift in their industry, with clients planning smaller events and requesting a faster turnaround on photos.Â
While seven Louisiana’s metro markets made The Wall Street Journal’s summer emerging housing market index released this morning, they all ranked near the bottom of the list.Â
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by one-quarter of a percentage point today, which would be the 11th hike in the past 12 policy meetings but might also be the last in the Fed’s current effort to tame inflation.Â
Nearly two weeks after the explosion at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine, a preliminary incident report from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality finds that the blast may have contaminated nearby water, but the potential impact on area residents is still not clear. Â