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Gov. Edwards defends carbon capture but calls for more transparency

Gov. John Bel Edwards defended carbon capture and sequestration today, describing the technology as...

Businesses disrupted by pandemic face requirement deadlines

Spring will mark three years since the pandemic began, a potentially important milestone for corporations and LLCs that may have gotten slightly out of practice at completing their yearly corporate formalities during the pandemic.

US worker strikes surged 39% during 2022 

Though almost none of them happened in Louisiana, there were 374 worker strikes in...

Louisiana lawmakers award $357M in sewer and water projects

Louisiana lawmakers approved $356.7 million for 87 sewer and water upgrades around the state during their Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget meeting last week. 

Cleanup removes 10 acres of trash from Burden wetland 

Ten acres of trash was removed this fall from a borrow pit at LSU’s Burden Museum and Gardens that has been collecting trash from stormwater for decades, according to a recent announcement from the LSU AgCenter.   

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Louisiana still has more job openings than unemployed workers 

Louisiana has more open jobs than unemployed workers, The Daily Advertiser reports. The state...

OLOL, New Orleans children’s hospitals launch partnership 

Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health in Baton Rouge and Children’s Hospital New Orleans today announced a partnership, with the New Orleans hospital taking over day-to-day operations of OLOL’s Baton Rouge pediatric facilities. 

State audit uncovers more than $300,000 in possible jobless benefits fraud

Five people are accused of making a total of approximately $321,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits claims, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office reports. 

Gov. Edwards wants EPA to help clean up Capitol Lakes

Gov. John Bel Edwards today sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency as the final step required to classify the heavily contaminated Capitol Lakes as a Superfund site to make them eligible for federal cleanup, oversight and funding.