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Shell Catalysts and Technologies is spending $121.7 million to expand its chemical plant in West Baton Rouge Parish, according to an announcement from Louisiana Economic Development. 

Louisiana is the latest venue for an ongoing showdown between fans of live music and sports, performers and proponents of the free market. d

State government made 1,156 loan agreements for an affordable housing program totaling more than $107.1 million with recipients who are not in compliance with program rules, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office reports. 

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, said this morning that...

Following the death of Justin Ehrenwerth, Beaux Jones has been tapped to lead The Water Institute of the Gulf. 

Companies are—for the first time this year—tabulating gains and losses in the stock awards that make up much of the pay packages for CEOs, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Entergy New Orleans is threatening the New Orleans City Council with “expensive litigation” if council members move forward with plans to collect a $1 million fine over frequent power outages, a company executive wrote in a letter last month.

The National Hurricane Center announced Thursday that the first storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season actually formed in mid-January, WAFB-TV reports. 

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana’s chief elections officer and a Republican, says the Republican National Committee’s plan to join the Louisiana GOP

In February, Waguespack and his co-owner Ronnie George opened Library Wine & Provisions.