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This trucking company just filed for bankruptcy, pulling 500 trucks off US roads
US Logistics Solutions, a Texas-based trucking company, is shutting down after filing for bankruptcy, in one of the largest trucking failures since less-than-truckload giant...
Roundup: Ten Commandments lawsuit / Minor marijuana pardon / Oil prices
Challenged: Several civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of nine Louisiana families, challenging the state's new law requiring the display...
Newly built homes going on the market continue to get smaller
The typical newly constructed house on the market these days is smaller than those for sale a decade ago, CNBC reports.
A single-family home newly...
Here’s when Louisiana’s education savings account program will debut
Louisiana’s new education savings account program is set to launch in August 2025, The Center Square reports.
Gov. Jeff Landry signed the Louisiana Giving All...
Garden-style office building sells for $1.1M
An office building in the Ironstone Office Park on Bluebonnet Boulevard sold for $1.1 million, according to a deal filed last week with the...
‘LaPolitics’: Does Louisiana have too many public universities for its size?
Monty Sullivan, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, reopened an old debate recently in response to news that Gov. Jeff Landry’s...
Car dealer cyberattack stretches into a second week
The outage of popular car dealer operations software CDK has reached into a second week after a cybersecurity attack last week took the software...
Why five Metro Council members are suing over the new district map
Five of Baton Rouge’s Metro Council members will hold a news conference Wednesday to announce their filing of a lawsuit against the new district...
Local developer buys 250 acres near Baker for $2.3M
Developer Kevin Nguyen bought just over 250 acres off Highway 964 just west of Baker, according to a deal filed last week with the...
Roundup: John K. Pierre / Heat advisory / Ten Commandments law
Speaking: Southern University Chancellor John K. Pierre will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge. He will discuss his plans...
North America’s second direct air capture facility is coming to Louisiana
California-based Heirloom Carbon Technologies on Monday announced that it is moving forward with the first phase of a massive public-private decarbonization project that will...
Biden administration looks to boost access to affordable housing
The Biden administration is announcing new steps to increase access to affordable housing as still-high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest...
See how many COVID-era tax credit claims the IRS plans to reject
The Internal Revenue Service is planning to deny billions of dollars worth of what it says are improper claims for a popular pandemic-era tax...
Roundup: In-demand careers / Extra teacher pay / River Center damages
Top jobs: Phlebotomist was named as the most sought-after job in Louisiana, according to a study that looked at the average number of monthly...
Here’s how much office space is currently available in Baton Rouge
The post-pandemic struggle between employees wanting to work from home and owners wanting them back in the office continues to dampen office demand, Business...
Gov. Landry drawing national headlines with ultraconservative policies
Louisiana has long been reliably red. The Bayou State has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since 2000—with residents overwhelmingly supporting...
Gov. Landry vetoes controversial Nexus Louisiana bill
Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a controversial measure targeting control of Louisiana’s advocacy organization for entrepreneurs, known as Nexus Louisiana.
The surprise legislation authored by...
How BLDG 5 has expanded the sale of its lemonades outside Louisiana
BLDG 5 Market + Kitchen + Patio’s lemonade brand, BLDG 5 Lemonade, is now stocked in roughly 160 stores across the Gulf South and...
This Baton Rouge surveying company was acquired by a national engineering firm
Atwell, a national consulting, engineering and construction firm, has acquired Baton Rouge-based Hydro Consultants, a professional surveying, engineering and mapping company, the companies announced...
Roundup: Education savings accounts / Ten Commandments / Senior care
A new option: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed Senate Bill 313 into law on Wednesday, which will create the state's first universal education savings...
