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Baton Rouge unemployment fell to 3.1% in February
Baton Rouge's not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 3.1% in February, down 0.1 percentage point from January.
Roundup: Lady Tigers at Cane’s / Banking regulations / Goldman SachsÂ
Caniac Combos: Following their national championship win, the LSU women’s basketball team and coach Kim Mulkey will pick up a shift at the original...
February job openings dip seen as sign of a cooling economyÂ
U.S. job openings slipped to 9.9 million in February, the fewest since May 2021 and a sign that the job market may be starting to cool
Will Louisiana parishes get to keep larger share of oil and gas taxes?
A Louisiana lawmaker has proposed a constitutional amendment to allow parish governments to keep a larger share of oil and gas taxes.Â
Ship to house offshore wind technicians being built in Louisiana’s oil country
Down in Terrebonne Parish, where oil rig supply ships are as much a part of the waterside scenery as shrimp boats, a new kind...
Revised Highland Road mixed-use community plan submitted for approval
Plans for a mixed-use development for Highland Road outside of the Magnolia Woods neighborhood have been resubmitted to the Planning Commission for approval.Â
Increasing number of tech jobs widening pay gap between large and smaller cities
Jobs using technology are more common in some parts of the country than others, reports Route Fifty.
State has $1B in unclaimed property; does some belong to you or your business?
Louisiana’s unclaimed property program currently has about $1 billion in abandoned financial assets, State Treasurer John Schroder says.Â
Roundup: Don Briggs dies / US manufacturing / Medicaid reviewÂ
LOGA founder: Don Briggs, founder and president-emeritus of Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, died at his Lafayette home today at age 82. LOGA President...
U.S. Reps. Graves and Scalise stump for energy bill heading to SenateÂ
Passage of a comprehensive energy bill rolling back environmental and other policy changes made by the Biden administration could be a revenue windfall for...
Why the US leads the world in extreme weather events Â
The U.S. is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather, and Louisiana is among the hardest hit in the country, which is part of why the state is in the middle of a housing insurance crisis.
Today is your last chance to vote in the annual Best of 225 Awards
There’s no time like the present to cast your votes in the annual Best of 225 Awards. Support Baton Rouge businesses by sounding off...
Impact from ending state’s income tax wouldn’t be popular, lawmaker says
Rep. Jack McFarland, chair of the Louisiana Conservative Caucus, says legislators are mixed over a proposal to eliminate the individual income tax in Louisiana.Â
Study: Worker well-being, not weight loss, should be employer focus
Organizations should focus on psychological well-being instead of spending on employee weight loss programs, according to a study from LSU.
Higher salaries are doing little to ease the accountant shortageÂ
The salaries offered to U.S. accountants and auditors last year climbed at their quickest pace in recent years, but industry observers say increasing pay...
​​Is the Baton Rouge-area housing market becoming more favorable to buyers?
Homes in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes are on average less affordable for local buyers than a year ago but more affordable than last quarter, according to a new report.Â
Roundup: Cox nonprofit grants / Tech jobs / Death penaltyÂ
Applications open: Nonprofit organizations can now apply for more than $46,000 in Cox employee-funded Cox Charities grants from now until May 1. The community...
Medicare and Social Security forecast to run short of money over in next decade
The financial safety nets millions of older Americans rely on—and millions more young people are counting on—will run short of money to pay full...
EBR’s population keeps falling, but these neighboring parishes grew
East Baton Rouge Parish lost an estimated 3,109 residents from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau.Â
See what bills Baton Rouge-area lawmakers have prefiled for session
Several Baton Rouge-area legislators filed business-related bills for the upcoming legislative session before prefiling closed Wednesday.Â
