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Baton Rouge ranks last among the nation’s 100 major cities and metropolitan areas for efforts to promote clean energy and mitigate climate change, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

The board that oversees East Baton Rouge Parish’s redevelopment authority will meet tomorrow and begin the search to find a replacement for outgoing CEO Chris Tyson.

Louisiana has failed to provide adequate public information about taxpayer money received through the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund, a new report from think tank Good Jobs First asserts.

Supply delays and shortages have plagued retailers and their suppliers since this summer, but those issues could be easing a bit for some local stores, and could get even better after the holidays.

The Federal Reserve will pick up the pace at which it's pulling back its support for the economy as inflation surges, and it expects to raise interest rates three times next year.

A federal appeals court panel today lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, instead blocking the requirement in only certain states and creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country. The mandate is still blocked in Louisiana. 

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge features a class of 23 Capital Region high school students who will generate business ideas, write business plans, pitch to investors for seed funding and launch their own startups.

A new shopping center is being planned for 6280 Siegen Lane, according to a $150,000 permit filed Tuesday.

Like the rest of the U.S., Louisiana has dealt with labor shortages and higher...

The Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild has put up more than 30 billboards in Lake Charles to urge lawmakers in town for the annual LegisGator event to take a hard look at how the state regulates the craft beer industry, Executive Director Cary Koch says.