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Employees are working fewer hours than they have in the past few years, research...

U.S. crude oil refining capacity has reversed two years of declines and climbed by more than 100,000 barrels per day, to 18.1 million, according to a government report released last week, reports Reuters.

Real estate coach and consultant Jon Cheplak has purchased a commercially zoned lot on...

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday vetoed legislation that would have phased out the corporate franchise tax but also cost the state millions in revenue.

A growing number of executives are occasionally taking time out of their weeks to do the hourly work that makes their companies hum, a practice that experts and business leaders say leads to faster fixes for problems and shows employees that the higher-ups care to understand what they deal with every day. 

Pass by the LSU lakes this week and you’ll spot clues that the first phase of its long-awaited improvement project is about to begin. 

After concluding a multiyear search, the Baton Rouge Symphony board of directors has announced the selection of Adam Johnson as music director. 

Baton Rouge received a low score in a new report ranking the best cities to bike in the nation. 

If there is any benefit to the scorching temperatures that are currently blanketing south Louisiana, it's that the mosquitoes don't like it either.

Every major metro area in Louisiana had a higher unemployment rate in May than in May of last year, the federal government reports.