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The streetlights have been a problem for months that continues to get worse, yet City Hall and Entergy are at something of an impasse over how to fix them. Why? It’s complicated.

The recent increase in the price of oil could lead to increases in production and jobs, but the change isn’t showing up in the data yet, the acting president for a state industry group says. 

A California-based company bought The Tapestry at Long Farm apartment complex on Antioch Road for $61 million on Wednesday.

Shortages are cutting into one of the humblest yet most vital links in the global manufacturing supply chain: The plastic pellets that go into a vast universe of products ranging from cereal bags to medical devices, automotive interiors to bicycle helmets. 

A team of searchers from LSU and the University of Delaware are working to develop chemical manufacturing processes that use CO2 feedstocks and renewable energy sources instead of natural gas or petroleum. 

Despite the challenges LSU has weathered over the past 18 months—a pandemic, a Title IX scandal, a federal investigation into alleged NCAA violations, and a leadership change—its Fierce for the Future campaign is doing well, all things considered.

The Baton Rouge metro area’s unemployment rate fell in August, going from 5.8% in July to 5%, slightly lower than the national average of 5.3%, according to the latest, not seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After months of working on recommendations given by the Husch Blackwell reports and lawmakers,...

Nearly three-fourths of small businesses expect to increase sales in the next six months—but...

East Baton Rouge Parish schools started the school year with a teacher shortage, which is not unusual, but are now struggling to staff cafeterias and find substitute teachers after many were displaced by the hurricane or are taking leaves from work.