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This Louisiana company says the secret to better hiring is fit, not experience
For more than three decades, Donaldsonville-based The Assessment Company has built its business around the premise that hiring success is driven more by finding...
ICYMI: Five years after split, Mary Bird Perkins and OLOL are entering a new...
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and FMOL Health’s Our Lady of the Lake are renewing their partnership in radiation therapy, five years after the...
Louisiana tries to connect the dots on workforce development
The 2026 Louisiana legislative session brought a renewed focus on workforce development, with lawmakers looking to strengthen the connection between students, schools, state agencies...
Environmental groups challenge Hyundai steel mill air permit ahead of hearing
Environmental organizations and residents near the proposed Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel mill are raising concerns about the project's air permit ahead of a public hearing...
Louisiana Blue Foundation announces Angel Award honorees
The Louisiana Blue Foundation has announced eight 2026 Angel Award honorees, recognizing Louisianians who have made a significant difference in the health and well-being...
Roundup: First Tuesday expands / State’s Meta settlement cut / Cane’s 30th birthday
Serving Denham Springs: The business-led community service initiative First Tuesday is expanding into Denham Springs on Sept. 1, bringing its model to a new...
Markets want answers as Fed chair prepares for his most important speech
New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh faces significant pressure as he prepares to deliver his first major speech at the Fed’s annual conference in...
Blue Point One ushers in the next chapter of Ascension’s industrial boom
Federal officials, state leaders, and energy executives will gather Wednesday to celebrate a milestone years in the making as CF Industries breaks ground on...
This Southern alum is building a fintech platform for community banks
Securitization has long helped large banks move loans off their balance sheets and free up capital to lend again. But for smaller banks, the...
Dutch Bros eyes two more locations for Capital Region expansion
National coffee chain Dutch Bros Coffee is planning to expand its footprint in the Capital Region with two additional locations.
The company has applied for...
Roundup: Consumer confidence / Apple unleashes power / Real estate trends
Americans feel squeezed: Americans’ confidence in the economy fell slightly in August to 89.4, its lowest level in seven months, as high gasoline prices,...
Inside SpaceX’s $100B plans for Louisiana
SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led aerospace company, is investing $100 billion to build a launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish, state officials announced Tuesday morning...
Canada’s retaliation raises the stakes in US trade war
Canada struck back at the U.S. on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances...
The US job market has a ‘ghost’ problem
The U.S. job market is leaving many Americans discouraged, even with millions of job openings, Inc. reports.
Gallup found that just 28% of U.S. employees...
Data center expansion faces growing pushback as EPA seeks faster permitting
The Trump administration is proposing changes that could make it harder for communities to participate in the permitting process for new data centers and...
Roundup: $100K work visa fee / Merger talks collapse / AI satellites
Talent tax: The Department of Homeland Security plans to propose a $100,000 fee for U.S. employers hiring highly skilled foreign workers through the H-1B...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
A look at the latest issued permits and property transactions across East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes.
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Metro Industriplex Properties...
Where the state auditor’s sweeping review of Baton Rouge finances stands
Louisiana Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack expects his office’s sweeping review of East Baton Rouge city-parish finances to be completed in Q1 2027.
He cautions, however,...
How streaming is starting to look a lot more like cable
The streaming industry is shifting from a competition focused mainly on gaining subscribers to one centered on bundling and becoming the main gateway to...
Screwworm adds fresh threat to the US beef market already under pressure
The U.S. plans to reopen a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the...
