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Companies across the globe announced just over $1 trillion of mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2022, which ended yesterday, according to Refinitiv.

Concrete barriers built by the city-parish on Burbank Drive a few years ago for traffic safety made it harder for customers to turn into a McDonald’s on the corner of Burbank and West Lee Drive. The McDonald’s is now closed, leaving some to question whether corner real estate is what it once was in Baton Rouge.

The survey of Visit Baton Rouge stakeholders, which drew 241 respondents, found the city to be a weak destination, lacking an ability to align the public, private and civic sectors to drive performance.

A bill pending in the state House of Representatives would more than triple the minimum investment that property insurers would be required to have to operate in Louisiana.

The national unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low 3.6% in March, as employers...

An out-of-state law firm has charged the Louisiana Legislature $78,081 for providing “redistricting advice,”...

There are 110 days to go until qualifying begins July 20 for congressional candidates,...

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration is seeking proposals from outside firms that are interested in running the parish’s wastewater treatment facilities. 

Construction employment in Louisiana has rebounded somewhat since the beginning of the pandemic, but the state remains below pre-pandemic levels, New Orleans City Business reports. 

As predicted, several civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit to block Louisiana's new congressional map, arguing the boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act because it doesn't add a second majority-Black district, USA Today Network reports.