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Tips for navigating your business through the supply chain crisis

Billions of dollars' worth of goods are stuck in the ports of Los Angeles...

Solar energy ramps up in Louisiana, but jobs lie in panel manufacturing

Solar energy development seems to be heating up in Louisiana, at least on paper....

Broome presenting how Baton Rouge will spend $73M federal windfall on Wednesday

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration has been making the rounds with Metro Council members and trying to answer their questions in advance of Wednesday’s council meeting, at which the mayor will present her spending plan for some $73 million in federal money.

Local grocers bracing for shortages of Thanksgiving Day staples

If you’re looking to buy your Thanksgiving turkey or favorite holiday side this season, you might want to act fast.

Alford: Politics of redistricting gets personal

The first paid advertisements of the redistricting cycle, purchased specifically to influence how state legislators will draw an election district next year, have surfaced in the Acadiana region.

LSU enrollment growth bucks national trend, while declines at BRCC, RPCC lead state

LSU’s fall 2020 freshman class was 9% larger than the previous year’s, while the number of new enrollees at Baton Rouge Community College and Gonzales-based River Parishes Community College fell 23% and 36%, respectively, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Louisiana ports stand to gain from West Coast shipping woes

Until recently, Asian markets have depended primarily upon West Coast ports to get their goods ashore, which then make the long journey by rail to the U.S. heartland.

What’s going on with the Old Governor’s Mansion and Preserve Louisiana?

The future of the Old Governor’s Mansion is up in the air at the moment.

Banks wary over proposal expanding IRS’ ability to monitor accounts

Congressional Democrats have agreed to raise their proposed tax reporting threshold for bank account inflows and outflows from $600 to $10,000 a year.

Hurricane Ida contributes to state losing 30,000 jobs in September

Preliminary Louisiana employment data for September shows a loss of nearly 30,000 seasonally adjusted non-farm jobs from August, and though this is partly due to the impacts of Hurricane Ida, the storm doesn't account for the overall shift in employment, The News Star reports.