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LABI announces the winners of its 2025 Business Excellence Awards
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry has announced the winners of its 2025 Business Excellence Awards, previously known as the Free Enterprise Awards.Â
The...
Roundup: State of LSU / Mortgage rates / Wealth gap
Interim president to speak: LSU Interim President Matt Lee will present his State of the University address today at noon, providing a comprehensive update...
New data reveals most ChatGPT conversations have nothing to do with work
Most people aren’t turning to ChatGPT for coding or complex work tasks—they’re using it to manage everyday life, CNBC writes.Â
A sweeping analysis of 1.5...
US losing construction jobs but port and energy growth helps to shield Louisiana
The U.S. construction industry shed another 7,000 jobs in August, marking the third consecutive month of employment declines, The Center Square reports.Â
Nationwide, both residential...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Soda and alcohol to...
New research shows your beverage choices could matter just as much as your shampoo to your hair health. Drinking lots of sugary sodas or...
Hyundai steel plant in Donaldsonville still on track, Gov. Landry says
Gov. Jeff Landry said on Tuesday that Hyundai Motor Group’s $4.3 billion steel plant in Donaldsonville remains on track, despite global fallout from a...
Online shoppers are getting hit with surprise tariff bills
Small businesses are facing sticker shock from new U.S. tariffs on international packages under $800, after the Trump administration ended a long-standing exemption, The...
Wealthy consumers account for nearly half of all US consumer spendingÂ
High-income consumers are fueling U.S. growth, with the top 10% now responsible for nearly half of all spending—a record that highlights both economic resilience...
Roundup: LSU Law / US poverty rates / Deer season
Enrollment rises: LSU Law welcomed students back last month, starting the 2025-26 academic year with its largest first-year class in recent history: 231 students....
Here’s how the local housing market performed in August
The Greater Baton Rouge housing market continued to see rising inventory in August, offering more options for buyers even as median sales prices and...
New state task force is focusing on energy challenges amid data center boom
Louisiana’s new Task Force on Energy Infrastructure and Modernization convened Monday, beginning work on a long-term power plan as economic development drives new demand...
Louisiana lags US average in cutting CO2 emissions
Per capita energy-related CO2 emissions decreased in every state between 2005 and 2023, according to newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration....
Roundup: Rural health fund / Industrial production / Retail spending
State to get cut: Louisiana will seek at least $200 million annually from the new $50 billion federal rural health fund, aiming to digitize...
Shrinking ‘pay edge’ is reducing the ROI on an MBA
Getting an MBA in the U.S. is now a little pricier and a little less profitable, Bloomberg writes.Â
Bloomberg’s updated Business School ROI Calculator shows...
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Industrial sale leaseback with national...
11628 S. Choctaw Dr. is a ±32,000 SF facility featuring ±16,000 SF of warehouse space with 28’ eave height, a freight elevator, two truck-high...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
Here’s a look at last week’s permits and property transactions in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
Eric Hensley purchased a...
Soft skills, hard results: Rethinking workforce development
In today’s fast-changing job market, technical skills can fade quickly—but foundational skills like collaboration, math, communication and adaptability remain essential, Harvard Business Review writes.Â
A...
Groups challenge LNG project, calling it a threat to Gulf Coast fisheries
Fishermen and environmental groups are again challenging Venture Global’s $10 billion-plus Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG project in Cameron Parish, National Fisherman writes.Â
In a Sept....
Roundup: Health care workers / Electric Ram 1500 / LSU free speech score
Looking for a new job: More than half of U.S. health care workers plan to leave their jobs by 2026, according to a Harris...
SEC backs ExxonMobil program enlisting retail investors in proxy fights
ExxonMobil has won SEC approval to enlist its retail investors in a new proxy voting program, letting them automatically side with management on shareholder...
