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Capital Region adds 500 jobs in November as state again posts record-low unemployment

The Baton Rouge metro area added 500 jobs from October to November and has gained 4,000 jobs since November 2021, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. 

New owners plan to reopen northwest Louisiana casino on land 

A Mississippi company is buying the shuttered Diamond Jacks Casino in Bossier City, with plans for a $200 million renovation and reopening.

State money to lure property insurers to Louisiana won’t come until spring

Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawmakers intend to wait until April to fund an incentive program meant to attract more property insurance companies back to Louisiana.

Check out the newest bar under the Perkins Road overpass 

The new Zee Zee’s is the place you want to go where everybody knows...

After holiday rush ends, stores must focus on improving operations

After record holiday online sales, which hit over $20 billion from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, retailers will have to prepare for the inevitable return season, Inc.com reports.

Where are the missing 3.5 million workers from the US economy?

Economists have theorized for a while about the impact of COVID-19 deaths on the...
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Louisiana’s energy efficiency ranking slips further

Louisiana is among the worst states in the nation for efforts to "advance energy efficiency in service of decarbonization," according to a recent report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. 

Panel rolls out medical marijuana recommendations for businesses 

A panel that has spent months debating policy ideas to protect workers who use medical marijuana concluded the bulk of its work Thursday, approving more than a dozen recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature. 

‘LaPolitics’: Legislative races will start to take shape early in new year

As we turn the corner into the new year, politicos in the Greater Baton Rouge area will begin focusing more on next fall’s legislative elections, especially those districts with open seats.

Consumer spending rose 4.1% in Baton Rouge last year

Real personal consumption expenditures, a measure of how much consumers are spending,  rose 4.1%...