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The collapse of this $4.5B project could reshape Louisiana’s industrial playbook
The collapse of Air Products' planned $4.5 billion Louisiana Clean Energy Complex is more than the loss of a single megaproject. It could reshape...
This Lafayette brunch spot is opening a Baton Rouge location
Parish Biscuit Co., a Lafayette breakfast, brunch and lunch concept known for biscuit sandwiches with a Louisiana twist, is preparing to open a Baton...
Consumers are feeling better, but not confident enough yet
Americans’ attitudes toward the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative by historical standards.
The Conference...
Inside the alleged egg price scheme
U.S. antitrust authorities say several major egg producers may have coordinated pricing behavior during the 2022-2025 bird flu outbreak, potentially contributing to unusually high...
Roundup: Louisiana law school No. 5? / Medicare and GLP-1 / Small meatpacker support
Law school limbo: Northwestern State University President Jimmy Genovese is pushing to open North Louisiana's first law school, an idea he says originated with...
Housing bill heads to law as Trump faces deadline
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the bipartisan housing bill recently approved by Congress will become law regardless of whether President Donald Trump signs it,...
St. George wants a higher standard. Developers want ‘common sense’
After installing new double-pane windows in a St. George house, Elliott Grand expected his renovation project to be nearing completion. Instead, city inspectors determined...
A new FDA strategy aims to get medicines to the market faster
The FDA has chosen Eli Lilly and Regeneron to participate in a new pilot program aimed at speeding up the development and approval of...
AI is rewriting the political competitive landscape
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a central infrastructure layer in political campaigns, reshaping how elections are financed, contested and influenced, The New York Times...
Supreme Court redefines presidential authority over independent agencies
The U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally reshaped the relationship between the presidency and independent federal agencies by overturning most of the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision,...
An out-of-state private equity firm just paid $8.6M for a local apartment complex
North Carolina-based private equity firm Emerald City Associates has purchased the 246-unit Magnolia Trace apartment complex on North Harrell's Ferry Road near Sherwood Forest...
Roundup: BREC meeting change / Mail-in ballots / Rocket Lab acquires Iridium
Venue change: BREC’s City-Brooks Master Plan community meeting is set for July 14 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 5:00...
LSU researchers are bringing medical-inspired robotics to industrial inspections
LSU researchers are developing a needle-sized robotic inspection device that could enable industrial operators to examine hard-to-reach areas inside equipment without having to dismantle...
EBRSO’s $5.8M Industriplex building purchase opens door to expanded services
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office has purchased the flex office property on Industriplex Boulevard near Siegen Lane that houses its property crimes complex.
EBRSO...
Consumer confidence is climbing as gasoline prices are cooling
Americans are beginning to feel somewhat more optimistic about the economy as lower gasoline prices and easing tensions between the U.S. and Iran improve...
Roundup: Nike’s new CFO / Perkins Rowe pop-up / OpenAI’s slowed rollout
Turnaround efforts: Nike has hired David Denton, a former Pfizer executive, as its new CFO, a move that reflects the company’s ongoing turnaround efforts...
Lawmakers call for probe of prediction market platform over ad campaign
U.S. lawmakers are urging federal regulators to investigate Polymarket over allegations that it used deceptive marketing practices involving staged or misleading trading videos, The...
Trump’s latest tariff threat against Europe sparks new trade war fears
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 100% tax on imports from any country that imposes a tax on digital services from U.S. companies.
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Court pauses new federal limits on graduate student loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new rule narrowing what counts as a “professional degree,” which would have set...
Landry signs executive order aimed at shielding ratepayers from data center costs
Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday signed an executive order establishing statewide standards intended to prevent the costs of data centers and other power-intensive developments...
