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Roundup: Small business optimism / College enrollment / Denham Springs
Slipping: U.S. small business optimism dipped in October as profits and sales weakened amid higher material costs, labor shortages and the ongoing government shutdown,...
Shell appealing arbitration loss against Venture Global over LNG contractsÂ
Shell has filed an appeal in New York Supreme Court to overturn its arbitration loss against U.S. liquefied natural gas producer Venture Global, Reuters...
Roundup: Testing election system / SNAP benefits / Flight cancellations
Mock results: Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s Office will test its electronic election results system at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in preparation for the...
The latest on the deal to reopen the federal government
After a record 42-day shutdown, the federal government is on track to reopen as early as Wednesday following the Senate’s 60-40 approval of a...
Washington Mardi Gras just got merrier for Louisiana politicians
Louisiana elected officials now have a green light to use campaign money for Washington Mardi Gras expenses, Louisiana Illuminator writes.Â
The clarification confirmed by the...
Commercial Property of the Week: Stable investment property fully leased to the state
Sponsored by Elifin Realty
Now available for sale, 1000 Plantation Road offers a ±42,724 SF office complex situated on ±3.14 acres at the corner of...
Venture Global lands 20-year LNG deal with Spain’s Naturgy
Venture Global has signed a major long-term LNG supply agreement with a Spanish group, Bloomberg reports.Â
The agreement calls for Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group to...
Roundup: Veterans Day / Central Mayor Wade Evans / Air traffic controllers
Holiday closure: City-parish offices will be closed Tuesday for Veterans Day. Emergency services and residential garbage collection will continue, and the North Landfill will...
Customers may soon see their premium credit cards rejected by merchants
Premium cardholders could soon face a rude awakening at the register, The Wall Street Journal writes.Â
A major settlement between Visa, Mastercard and merchants breaks...
Selective discounting helps cool durable goods inflation in October
Alternative data providers say U.S. consumer durables and personal goods inflation eased in October as retailers leaned more on selective discounting to protect market...
Roundup: SNAP funding / Venture Global / Rotary speaker
Reversal: The Trump administration ordered states to reverse full November SNAP payments after a late Supreme Court ruling, saying only 65% benefits can be...
Flight cancellations expected to drag on after government shutdown ends
The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends.
The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights...
Zachary retail center acquired by Missouri private equity firm
A St. Louis-based private equity real estate firm has purchased a Walmart shadow retail center in Zachary.
Midwest Retail Properties, also known as MRP Capital...
Roundup: Mike Strain / Consumer sentiment / Flight cancellations
Ag update: Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton...
Where the Tax Foundation’s latest competitiveness index ranks Louisiana
Louisiana’s tax climate is getting more competitive, The Center Square writes.Â
The Tax Foundation’s new 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index ranks Louisiana 31st—up six spots...
New state privacy law regarding campaign finance records tests transparency
Louisiana’s Board of Ethics is facing a major test over a new privacy law that lets judges—and soon hundreds of other elected officials—demand their...
Treasury wants to know if certain programs for small businesses are being abused
The Treasury Department has launched a sweeping investigation into roughly $9 billion in small business federal contracts, examining whether firms have abused preference-based contracting...
Roundup: Coastal buffer zone / Smitty’s Supply / Christel Slaughter
Fight reignited: Louisiana wildlife regulators have advanced a proposal to shrink the coastal buffer zone for commercial menhaden harvesters—from a half-mile to a quarter-mile...
How 2025 became a big year for tech in Louisiana
The landmark announcement last November of Meta’s $10 billion investment to build a data center in Richland Parish, along with news two months later...
Roundup: Sports betting / Lowering GLP-1 costs / Ten Commandments law
ESPN partners with DraftKings: ESPN signed an exclusive sports-betting deal with DraftKings after dropping its PENN agreement, consolidating integrations across ESPN’s platforms ahead of...
