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‘LaPolitics’: Constitutional convention backers aren’t ready to give up
When asked if he thought there was any chance for a constitutional convention in Louisiana anytime soon, Lane Grigsby started off with a one-word...
The Perkins overpass improvement project is finally underway. How long will it take?
After years of delays, construction is underway on a $2.9 million project aimed at making the Perkins Road overpass area brighter, cleaner and easier...
Aluminum manufacturer to shut down Louisiana plant, lay off 226 workers
Hydro Extrusion USA will shut down its aluminum manufacturing plant in Richland Parish next year, eliminating 226 jobs.
The company notified the Louisiana Workforce Commission...
Louisiana reaches 2 million jobs as construction boom fuels economic growth
Louisiana's economy posted encouraging results in the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record 2.01 million nonfarm jobs in May and remaining above the...
Roundup: Cocoa demand / ‘Funflation’ / Data center utility demand
Market instability: Cocoa demand is showing signs of recovery after a period of weakness, but the market remains unstable as prices continue to swing...
Meta to spend an additional $40B to expand colossal Louisiana data center
Meta is substantially expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure by increasing investment in its massive data center campus in Richland Parish, Bloomberg reports.
The company announced...
America’s oil backstop is showing its age
The U.S. has relied heavily on its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in recent years, with the Biden and Trump administrations authorizing a combined release of...
Better Louisiana launches health-focused leadership program
Leaders for a Better Louisiana is expanding its longtime leadership development model into the healthcare arena with the launch of Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows,...
Frontline Strategies aims to lead a changing lobbying landscape
Frontline Strategies, a Baton Rouge government relations firm launched in January through the merger of Sequitur Consulting and The Tatman Group, has quickly built...
Why ‘cognitive surrender’ may be AI’s biggest workplace risk
Artificial intelligence is making knowledge workers more productive, but a growing body of research suggests that relying on it too heavily may weaken critical...
Trump will allow bipartisan housing bill to become law, but without his signature
President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to...
Roundup: Oil demand / EU investigates Meta / Volkswagen shrinks
Predicted to fall: The International Energy Agency expects global oil demand to fall by about 1 million barrels per day in 2026, as the...
Sale of former UPS facility highlights demand for Baton Rouge industrial space
A Dallas-based investor has purchased a former UPS distribution facility in Baton Rouge, and interest in the property is already building, according to Alex...
Tech giants are piling on debt to fund AI expansion
The largest AI infrastructure companies, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle, have collectively added roughly $350 billion in debt over the past five years...
How Louisiana is preparing to capitalize on a nuclear energy boom
Louisiana is making a strategic push to become a leader in the growing U.S. nuclear energy industry as demand for reliable, low-carbon electricity increases.
Turner...
‘LaPolitics’: Tim Temple sees positive movement in property insurance market
For the first time in five years Louisiana’s property insurers are taking rate decreases, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said in an interview with LaPolitics,...
Rolfe McCollister: Gov. Jeff Landry and legislators are hypocrites
"Do as I say, not as I do." That's how Rolfe McCollister opens his latest column, using the adage to take Gov. Jeff Landry...
Controversial Gonzales subdivision clears a major hurdle
Dantin Bruce Development’s Harvest Fields subdivision in Gonzales is a go.
In a meeting that lasted well over three hours, the Ascension Planning Commission voted...
Marchand’s modernizes home improvement operations with new warehouse and pickup hub
Marchand’s Interior and Hardware is expanding its Gonzales campus with a new warehouse, an expanded flooring showroom, and a drive-through “project pickup” service aimed...
Roundup: Amazon rattles investors / Bio-Lab investment / Adult Play-Doh
Amazon’s tough sell: Bond investors have shrugged off the $270 billion in debt AI giants racked up this year—until Amazon rattled them, Fortune reports....
