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LSU mechanical engineering associate professor Manas Gartia is working with a team of 24 researchers spanning five states to develop a new type of rice that better withstands drought conditions.   

There is massive new investment taking place in the industrial sector that’s set to shape the economic landscape for years to come, according to Axios.

What is as good as a raise? A break from drudgery, according to The Wall Street Journal.   

A vacant commercially zoned lot on Summa Avenue near the Red River Bank on Essen Lane was sold for an undisclosed price last week.

Louisiana residents will weigh in this week on the state’s bid to take over primary authority for permitting carbon capture wells. 

Advance notices were filed with the state on Friday for a new recycling facility that would process plastics that are traditionally hard to break down. 

But with an increasingly diverse and multigenerational workforce, age bias now occurs across the career life cycle—especially for women, according to Harvard Business Review.   

U.S. worker productivity has dropped significantly, including in key large states, leaving some economists alarmed by the decrease in a measure that could mean trillions of dollars to the economy.

A cyberattack on MOVEit, a third-party tool used to transfer large files, has compromised some 6 million records at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, state officials said today.

The Baton Rouge metro area gained about 3,400 jobs from April to May and 18,700 jobs compared to the same month last year, according to the latest seasonally adjusted numbers from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.