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Alford: Potential candidates busy jockeying for 2023 races

Campaign finance reports were recently filed with the state Ethics Administration, providing an early look at what various personalities have planned for the statewide elected offices on the ballot next year.

Site work for I-10 widening slated for next month start

Shovels will be in the ground by the end of next month as the state begins to widen Interstate 10 from La. 415 to the I-10/I-12 split, says Shawn Wilson, secretary of the state Department of Transportation and Development. 

Baton Rouge gun stores, hunters still facing ammunition shortage

But finding ammunition to purchase has been an ongoing issue since the pandemic began and has yet to improve, WAFB-TV reports. 

Small businesses bearing brunt of supply chain issues, inflation 

Small businesses are bearing the brunt of supply chain pressures and rising prices, with...

PSC set to vote on Entergy’s 15-year surcharge on customers to rebuild grid 

North Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is planning to vote against a 15-year surcharge on all Entergy customers

How an LSU gymnastics floor routine comes together

The floor, Griffeth says, is a time when athletes are looking at the crowd, and eliciting enthusiasm—and energy—from both spectators and their fellow teammates.
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Lumber costs rising again, further driving up new home prices

Rising lumber prices are affecting builders and homebuyers, making already expensive homes even more pricey.

State board considers tax break for $313.7M project in Iberville

The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday will take up an estimated $8.8 million in payroll tax benefits and sales tax rebates for SNF Holding Company’s expansion of its polymer production plant near Plaquemine. 

2022 is proving harder to run a company than 2020

This year will be an even harder year to run a business than 2020, when the pandemic first hit the workforce.

LSU professor working on ways to develop smarter power grid 

Just one year ago this month, the Southern U.S. suffered a hard freeze, leaving millions of people in Texas and Louisiana without power while also causing flooding to homes from busted pipes.Â