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US oil frackers aren’t buying into Trump’s ‘drill, baby drill.’ Here’s why
President Trump wants to boost oil drilling, but his allies in the U.S. shale industry and Saudi Arabia are pushing back, The Wall Street...
Why Shell is walking away from its planned wind farm off of New Jersey
In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from...
Roundup: Jay Ducote / Interest rates / Oil productionÂ
Next bite: Baton Rouge celebrity chef Jay Ducote is the host of a new cooking competition series released last week. The six-episode Southern Food...
Here’s what it would cost to shrink the Gulf’s dead zone by 45%
A coalition of researchers from West Virginia University, Iowa State University and the Texas Soil and Water Research Laboratory has determined that decreasing nitrogen...
Roundup: Sen. John Kennedy / Honda in Ohio / US manufacturing
New assignment: Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has landed a key leadership assignment that increases Louisiana's influence in Congress. Kennedy has secured the chairmanship of...
See how oil prices are reacting to the threat of US tariffs on Canadian...
Oil prices jumped on Monday amid fears that President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on major trade partners could disrupt supplies and raise prices at...
A Walker startup bets on high-tech fabrication
From its Walker location, recently launched Metal Fab Guys turns out custom metal fabrication using best-in-class laser technology.
As Business Report details in its latest...
Unemployment claims are declining in Louisiana
Following national trends, initial unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana dropped last week, according to the latest figures available from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
The initial...
This popular coffee chain is opening in Baton RougeÂ
Dutch Bros, a fast-growing coffee chain founded in Grants Pass, Oregon is making its Louisiana debut.
The drive-thru-focused coffee shop plans to open its first...
Roundup: Lainey Wilson / LSU Law professor / Local labor market / Invest in...
Country superstar: Louisiana-born Lainey Wilson announced her 2025 ‘Whirlwind Tour,’ which will make two stops in Louisiana. Wilson, who was named entertainer of the...
Final hours: Best of 225 nominations close todayÂ
Nominations for the annual Best of 225 awards close this evening, at 11:59 p.m., according to 225 magazine. Â
The Capital Region’s original reader’s choice...
This Airline office property just changed hands for nearly $2M
Baton Rouge-based Cajun Industries purchased an office property near its headquarters on Airline Highway for a tick below $2 million.
The company purchased the property...
Roundup: US labor costs / ExxonMobil / MSY logo
Cooling: U.S. labor cost growth cooled last quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers that wage pressures are gradually diminishing and no...
What the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge indicates about December prices
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that some consumer prices remain stubbornly elevated, even...
Roundup: Educational rankings / Deportations / Tariff impacts
Moving on up: Louisiana has achieved its highest ever ranking for fourth grade reading and made significant progress in math rankings, according to the...
BTR sees record travel in 2024
The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport experienced a record year for passenger volume in 2024.
BTR welcomed 844,025 passengers in 2024, an average of 70,335 monthly...
Trump wants to redirect federal funds to expand school choice
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Wednesday that prioritize school choice funding and seek to end what the administration sees as “radical indoctrination in...
See how jobless benefits dropped last week
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week in a sign that the labor market remains strong.
Applications for jobless benefits fell...
Sen. Cassidy wants to expand school choiceÂ
Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy joined Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, to lead two dozen Republican colleagues in introducing the Educational Choice for Children Act....
This shopping center has a new owner
A large portion of the Plank Crossing Shopping Center in Baker changed hands.
Tres Bell LLC, represented by Ben Menezil, acquired the property from 14500...
