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Roundup: Transcontinental railroad / Housing starts / FEMA
Megamerger: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and...
Area casino revenues slipped in June after a strong May
Baton Rouge’s casinos experienced a dip in revenue last month after recording their best month of the year in May.
The casinos posted a 9.4%...
‘LaPolitics’: Gaming board targets offshore operators
The chair of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board says state regulators are making progress cracking down on illegal offshore betting operations, while help could...
Deal for Hess gives Chevron access to one of the biggest oil finds in...
Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to...
DOE taps petroleum reserve to aid ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge refinery
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an emergency release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ExxonMobil, aiming to ease "logistical challenges" affecting crude...
New York firm pays $82M for student housing complex near LSU
A New York-based privately held real estate operator and investment management firm has purchased the Park Place student housing complex property outside of LSU’s...
Roundup: Jobless claims / Bank of America / Flood watch
New filings drop: The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, pointing to steady job growth in July, though...
Can an updated Opportunity Zone program spur investment in rural areas?
Republicans are revamping the Opportunity Zones program with a rural focus, betting that bigger tax breaks will spur investment in America’s overlooked small towns,...
US retail sales rebound after pulling back in May
After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June despite anxiety over tariffs and the state of the U.S. economy.
Retail sales rose...
ICYMI: Feds say LSU arena finalist secretly made millions in ‘incentives’ steering its clients...
A signed non-prosecution agreement in the indictment involving the top contender for the LSU arena project indicates the company pocketed millions of dollars to...
Roundup: Producer prices / Mortgage demand / Air Products
Unchanged: U.S. producer prices remained unchanged in June, as an increase in the cost of goods due to tariffs on imports was offset by...
Searching for a way to fire the Fed chair, Trump says he may have...
President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of...
This College Drive shopping center just sold for $2.8M
The College Creek Shopping Center, which sits near the intersection of College Drive and Perkins Road, has been sold.
Florida company HZN Properties, represented by...
What to know about tonight’s Plan Baton Rouge III community open house
The second Plan Baton Rouge III community meeting will take place Wednesday night at the Old State Capitol.
Plan Baton Rouge III is downtown’s new...
Roundup: Latest on lease sales / Apple’s rare earth move / Inflation on the...
A new mandate: President Donald Trump's "one big beautiful bill" includes several provisions expanding federal subsidies and tax benefits for the oil and gas...
Will Meta’s Louisiana data center one day rival Manhattan’s footprint?
In a post on Threads this week, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg touts the build-out of a data center called Hyperion.
That center, he shares, is...
How the Capital Region residential market performed in June
The Greater Baton Rouge housing market continued its trend of stability in June, yielding gains in inventory and median sales prices that benefited both...
‘LaPolitics’: A late entry adds wrinkles to the New Orleans ballot
A few weeks ago, the field for the New Orleans mayoral election seemed to be pretty well set. New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno...
Shell Project BlueCat expansion elevates Port Allen to No. 1
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has completed Project BlueCAT, a $121 million expansion that gives its Port Allen facility a second world-leading title. Already recognized...
‘LaPolitics’: A late entry adds wrinkles to the New Orleans ballot
A few weeks ago, the field for the New Orleans mayoral election seemed to be pretty well set. New Orleans City Councilmember Helena Moreno...
