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US home sales inch up thanks to a modest drop in interest rates
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, along with slowing home...
US cities are reshaping their shorelines in the name of climate resilience
Cities nationwide are reimagining their waterfronts, blending resilience planning with economic development as climate change accelerates extreme weather risks, The Wall Street Journal writes.
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Where business meets capacity: Capital Region’s top 20 event venues
58,070
That’s the total combined capacity of the Capital Region’s top 20 convention and meeting facilities, according to Business Report’s latest ranking. The Pete Maravich...
Amid national redistricting tensions, Louisiana eyes an early special session
Louisiana lawmakers are weighing whether to prepare for a special session on congressional redistricting this fall although the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t expected to...
Meet the 500: Rachel Cannon
Rachel Cannon founded her interior design firm 14 years ago with a design degree and no business background. She quickly discovered that success meant...
Katrina’s legacy: Building business resilience for the next storm
This month marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina reshaped the Gulf Coast and forced the nation to rethink disaster preparedness, Fast Company writes.
The storm...
Roundup: National unemployment / $53 trillion / Chevron’s merger
Going up: More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few...
Companies are pulling back on hiring
One in five U.S. employers expects to slow hiring in the back half of 2025, nearly double the rate a year ago, The Wall...
Entergy wins approval to power Meta’s planned $10B data center
Louisiana utility regulators have cleared the way for Entergy Louisiana to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to support Meta’s planned $10...
Roundup: FTC sues LA Fitness / Federal Reserve / Rising child care costs
Cancellation practices: The Federal Trade Commission sued LA Fitness over the gym chain’s allegedly onerous cancellation practices, the latest in a series of government...
The LNG boom is bringing both profits and pushback along the Gulf Coast
Liquefied natural gas is booming along the Gulf Coast—and so is the fight against it, Floodlight writes.
Since 2023, the U.S. has been the world’s...
New York real estate firm buys Denham Springs apartment complex for $33M
New York-based Oakwood Capital has acquired the 264-unit Arden Park apartment complex in Denham Springs for $33 million.
The real estate acquisition and asset management...
Roundup: Meta data center / Lowe’s acquiring FBM / $22B Texas data center
PSC vote: Fast-tracking a vote that was originally expected to happen two months from now, state utility regulators plan to decide Wednesday whether to...
Billions in Louisiana port projects stalled due to a lack of state funding
Louisiana’s backlog of port projects is growing, with billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements waiting years for state funding, The Center Square writes.
Since 2019,...
How AI and drones are helping commercial properties brace for hurricanes
As the 2025 hurricane season enters its busiest stretch, commercial real estate facilities managers are turning to technology to strengthen property resilience, CNBC reports.
One...
See who will guide the search for LSU’s next president
LSU’s search for its next president is officially underway and the committee leading the effort has tapped Baton Rouge-based SSA Consultants to guide the...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Let’s get real about...
This year in Florida, over 20 people have gotten sick—some of them kids and some hospitalized—after drinking raw milk. While the “raw milk movement”...
How to make AI work for your business, straight from AI itself
If you’re waiting for the perfect moment to bring AI into your business, here’s a thought: What if your first win isn’t flashy—it’s just...
Roundup: Senior housing / TV stations merging / Housing starts
Boom projected: Senior living is on the edge of a development boom, investors predict, as more than 4 million boomers will hit 80 in...
Why flexibility alone isn’t keeping women in the workforce
By their mid-30s, many women raised on the promise of “having it all” instead face what Wharton professor Corinne Low calls “the squeeze,” Bloomberg...
