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Carissa Graves, the wife of Congressman Garret Graves, has been hired by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to boost the nonprofit’s philanthropic base. She will join BRAF in a senior role beginning July 1.

Louisiana workers’ personal income grew at a 2% annual rate in the first quarter...

The business owners behind Our Mom’s Restaurant and Bar are planning to open a third restaurant after closing on a 3.4-acre property.

Expanding access to small loans and helping contractors get federal infrastructure work are priorities for the U.S. Small Business Administration in Louisiana, SBA regional administrator Ted James says. 

A new risk modeling report shows that nearly 7.8 million homes with more than $2.3 trillion in combined reconstruction cost value

The summer of 2021 was the strongest in years for U.S. teenagers seeking work....

Small businesses, which are typically outside the domain of the Securities and Exchange Commission,...

Companies in a range of industries are beginning to rescind job offers they made just a few months ago, despite the strong labor market.  

Business owners might be a little more cautious than usual, but the sorts of things they should be doing aren’t necessarily all that different from how they normally run their business, bankers say. 

North Carolina-based NET Power says it has the technology to create cleaner energy using natural gas, by burning it through a method that produces far fewer greenhouse gas emissions.