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‘LaPolitics’: Insults traded in bitter Louisiana Supreme Court race
Of the six possible Louisiana Supreme Court party primaries that could have been on the May 16 ballot, only one is being contested, but...
Roundup: Data center moratorium / Chemical costs / Airline merger proposed
Bill vetoed: Maine’s Democratic governor on Friday vetoed what would have been the country’s first state moratorium on the construction of data centers. The...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
Here are the latest property transactions and issued permits in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
Plaquemine company Tempus Investments purchased...
How Wall Street is helping finance Hut 8’s St. Francisville data center
Hut 8 is heading to the bond market to help finance its planned $3 billion, 245-megawatt data center in St. Francisville, underscoring how AI...
Slashing jobs to fund AI: Big Tech’s high-stakes gamble
Tech giants are cutting jobs while pouring record sums into artificial intelligence, betting leaner workforces can help fund an escalating arms race for chips,...
A new Baton Rouge investment firm launches with a buy-and-hold strategy
Baton Rouge-based Riley Group Holdings Inc., a privately held investment firm, launched this week with a strategy focused on acquiring, operating and growing essential...
Roundup: Venezuela oil revival / Cheap shots / Interstate 49
Looking abroad: U.S. oil executives are signaling growing interest in Venezuela as they press for investment protections amid the Trump administration’s push to revive...
Was Louisiana’s energy boom overpromised?
Louisiana’s long-promoted energy boom is facing new scrutiny after a data analysis found tens of billions in industrial investment have produced little corresponding job...
Why Louisiana is pushing to limit climate lawsuits
Louisiana lawmakers are advancing a proposal that could sharply raise the bar for climate-related lawsuits against energy companies, a move supporters say would reduce...
‘LaPolitics’: Chief of staff sees promise for DCFS reforms
Reforms to the Department of Children and Family Services could be among the unexpected yields from the ongoing regular session of the Legislature, Julie...
Why big deals cost more
Big-ticket mergers are generating even bigger payouts for Wall Street advisers, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Investment banks are increasingly collecting $100 million-plus fees for...
Roundup: State Supreme Court voting / BRPD pay raise / Protections on ballot
Out of the race: Louisiana’s new semi-closed primary system is leaving roughly 100,000 Democratic voters unable to participate in the race for an open...
60-something CEOs are the new norm
The corner office is getting older, Bloomberg writes.
The average U.S. CEO is now 61—up a decade since 2000—and executives are reaching the top job...
Adrian Owen Jones has a strategy for making yourself irreplaceable in the age of...
For much of the general public, it wasn’t long ago that artificial intelligence was considered a vague and distant threat, something reserved for sci-fi...
Have questions about the library millage? Informational meetings start Thursday
In advance of a June vote, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library is launching a series of informational meetings on its millage continuation proposition...
Roundup: NFL streaming / Clean energy / Tariff refunds
Under scrutiny : The NFL is making its case to federal regulators as scrutiny grows over sports’ shift to streaming. League officials recently met...
Metro Council set to vote on sweeping BRPD pay raise plan
City-parish leaders are framing proposed pay raises for the Baton Rouge Police Department as a critical step to address staffing shortages, improve retention and...
From jet fuel to chewing gum, oil surge drives broader price pressure
It might be hard to imagine the Iran war weighing on stuffed toys with names like Snuggle Glove, Bizzikins and Wobblies, but even plush...
Is trade school becoming the new student debt trap?
As more Americans look to skilled trades as an alternative to four-year degrees, many are encountering an unexpected obstacle: debt.
As The Wall Street Journal...
Louisiana voters to weigh teacher pay raises vs. tapping education trust funds
Louisiana voters will decide in May whether to approve a constitutional amendment aimed at making teacher pay raises permanent by liquidating three protected education...
