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‘LaPolitics’: Cade Brumley’s take on the rise in Louisiana test scores
LaPolitics: What are the most important factors that drove Louisiana’s improved National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, while most other states posted disappointing results?
State...
Roundup: Rotolo’s Craft & Crust / Stock market reacts / LABI’s endorsements
Westward expansion: Rotolo’s Craft & Crust is opening its fourth Texas restaurant, in Carrollton, the brand announced Monday. The new location is owned and...
Meet 2025 Executive of the Year Kristin Wall
It would be strange if Kristin Wall didn’t spend the early morning hours forwarding a blitz of news items to her executive team. The...
Highland shopping center property changes hands for $8.3M
The Highland Village Shopping Center near Lee Drive, anchored by Walmart Neighborhood Market, recently changed hands.
RG Highland LLC purchased the property from H at...
Trump’s interior and energy chiefs tout LNG export expansion in Louisiana
The planned expansion of a massive liquefied natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy policy that doubles down...
Roundup: Medical expenses / Black bear hunting / Redfin
Prefiled bill: A new legislative proposal, House Bill 34, introduced by state Rep. Brian Glorioso, R-Slidell, aims to significantly reshape how medical expenses are...
What Trump is saying about the possibility of a recession this year
President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the...
Entergy gets a final go-ahead on the sale of its natural gas networks to...
If you’re an Entergy natural gas customer, you may have received an email recently letting you know that Delta Utilities is set to become...
What leads employees to become whistleblowers?
When employees witness disproportionate pay for C-suite executives or unfair treatment compared to other stakeholders, they often perceive a lack of fairness within the...
US employers created this many jobs last month
The U.S. continued to generate jobs at a steady pace in February, offering reassurances that the labor market has remained relatively stable since President...
Roundup: Walgreens / Oil reserves / Big Lots
New chapter: On Thursday, Walgreens was sold to private-equity firm Sycamore for $10 billion, down a staggering 91% from its $106 billion peak in...
How Jay Campbell transformed our grocery experience
Travel elsewhere around the country, and it’s hard to find the abundance of family-owned independent supermarkets that thrive across the Capital Region. Outlets like...
The US energy chief wants $20 billion to refill the nation’s oil reserves
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to seek up to $20 billion to accomplish President Donald Trump’s goal of refilling the nation’s depleted oil...
‘LaPolitics’ Q&A: What’s at stake for business in the 2025 regular session?
LaPolitics: What will LABI’s priorities be for this year’s regular session?
Jim Patterson, senior vice president, government relations, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry: We're...
Businesses are scrambling to contain fallout from Trump’s tariffs
A Minnesota farmer worries about the price of fertilizer. A San Diego entrepreneur deals with an unexpected cost increase of remodeling a restaurant. A...
What Louisiana emergency experts say about Trump’s idea to get rid of FEMA
Emergency preparedness experts have expressed mixed feelings since President Donald Trump first suggested “maybe getting rid of FEMA” and letting states manage federal disaster...
Roundup: High-wealth individuals / Livingston animal shelter / Paul Skenes
Number rising: The number of high-wealth individuals—or those with assets worth more than $10 million—rose 4.4% worldwide in 2024, but jumped 5.2% in North...
Employers are laying off workers at the fastest clip since the pandemic
U.S. employers in February announced plans to reduce headcount at the fastest pace since early in the pandemic, led by cuts in the government...
US jobless claims fell last week ahead of the federal worker purge
Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market remains sturdy ahead of an expected purge of federal government employees.
The number...
Rolfe McCollister: Our city-parish government is a mess
History appears to be repeating itself, writes Rolfe McCollister in his latest opinion piece, as yet another Baton Rouge mayor seeks to target library...
