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Companies scale back plans to expand fulfillment services as e-commerce slows

Companies that set out to build e-commerce fulfillment services when pandemic-driven online sales boomed...

US consumer spending and inflation accelerated in April 

A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April and consumer spending rebounded, signs that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high. 

‘LaPolitics’: Graves gaining national attention for his role in debt ceiling talks

Who is Garret Graves? That may be an odd question to ask in Louisiana, where Graves represents Baton Rouge and the coast in Congress. Elsewhere around the country, however, it’s a good question.

Day care for medically fragile children opening soon on Airline

Florida-based company Healthcare for Kids is opening a day care on Airline Highway for medically fragile children.

NOLA-themed Fleurty Girl plans Baton Rouge location

Fleurty Girl, a New Orleans-themed retailer selling shirts, gifts and accessories, is planning to open its first Baton Rouge location in Mid City. 

State’s corporate franchise and inventory taxes remain on chopping block

Legislation related to the franchise tax, inventory tax and corporate rebate and exemption programs...
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PSC rules for ‘abandoned’ utility poles, stronger grid slow in coming

Well over a year after launching the effort, the Louisiana Public Service Commission has not issued rules regarding strengthening the electricity distribution grid and taking care of abandoned utility poles. 

Solar power investments globally set to overtake spending on oil production this year 

Investments in solar power around the world are on course to overtake spending on...

Louisiana construction projects, teacher pay raises hinge on spending cap battle 

Louisiana teacher raises along with various construction projects hinge on state lawmaker budget negotiations. 

Capital Region residents are especially pessimistic about the state’s direction

Most Louisiana residents say the state is headed in the wrong direction, and the pessimism is highest in the Capital Region, according to an LSU survey.