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Putting a price on carbon is a useful policy tool for spurring decarbonization and addressing climate change, Dow Chairman and CEO Jim Fitterling said today at the annual conference of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana.

In the six months since Pennington Biomedical Research Center launched its Obecity, USA campaign, the program’s ads and PSAs have reached millions nationally. 

During the 2019-2020 academic year, LSU’s football program spent twice as much on coaching compensation as it did on athletic student aid, according to a new database from sports industry trade publication Sportico.  

These 10 local specialty meat markets are great spots for sourcing boudin, smoked sausage, stuffed pork chops, cracklins and more for Saturday’s tailgate parties.

The Louisiana insurance commissioner is seeking a government takeover of two regional insurance companies that are facing insolvency due to losses from Hurricane Ida to ensure the company’s policyholders are paid what they are owed, officials say.

Enterprise Products Partners LP is seeking to expand its Acadian natural gas system in...

Higher shipping costs and shortages in labor and goods have driven up prices for almost everything, including perhaps that next slice of pizza or cake.

Military spending accounts for $9.64 billion in economic activity across Louisiana—from Barksdale to Belle Chasse and Fort Polk to the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, according to a study released by Louisiana Economic Development in time for Veterans Day.

Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected—and unwanted—houseguest who just won’t leave.

It wasn’t that long ago that vegan businesses were unheard of in Baton Rouge....