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American Petroleum Institute: Oil and gas industry fuels 12% of Louisiana jobs 

More than 12% of Louisiana jobs and 23% of the state’s gross domestic product...

Food preservation company proposes $35M chemical plant in Ascension Parish  

Louisiana Economic Development today announced that food preservation company 1,4GROUP is considering Ascension Parish...

Why finance chiefs are trying to replace Excel 

Finance chiefs are trying to get employees to move away from Microsoft Excel, the...

Meet the new downtown nonprofit aiming to teach local history

The American Millennium Project, a program that aims to educate area residents on their...

Check out some of Baton Rouge’s new ‘waterfront’ properties 

When would-be travelers were forced to cancel their vacation plans amid the pandemic, many...

Survey: Working parents are burned out 

Summer camps, day cares and schools are open again, but life hasn't gotten easier...
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Louisiana’s Dan Brouillette named division president at Sempra 

Louisiana native Dan Brouillette, who served as energy secretary under former President Donald Trump,...

Woman’s CEO Barbara Griffith leaving to head Duke Raleigh Hospital 

Woman’s Hospital CEO Dr. Barbara Griffith is stepping down this fall, after just two years at the helm of the 165-bed hospital, and returning to North Carolina, where she will take over as president of the Duke Health System’s Duke Raleigh Hospital.

Louisiana, Baton Rouge to share in $26B opioid settlement as deal nears

Three of the largest pharmaceutical distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are close to...

Vinformatix lands $4M contract with National Science Foundation

Baton Rouge-based software company Vinformatix was awarded a two-year, $4 million federal contract with...
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