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Baton Rouge to Chicago nonstop? BTR lands $1M grant to push for service
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has been awarded a $1 million Small Community Air Service Development Program grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation as...
Baton Rouge casino market sees summer slowdown stretch into August
Baton Rouge’s casino market cooled for the third consecutive month in August, with revenue falling 5.5% from July as two of the Capital Region's...
Roundup: Copper shipments to US / Chinese car imports / Disney’s AI pivot
Surging to beat tariffs: A surge of copper shipments to the U.S. ahead of potential import tariffs is straining major ports, with the Port...
Louisiana business applications fall, but less sharply than in neighboring states
Louisiana saw a smaller drop in new business applications in August than the nation as a whole and each of its neighboring states, new...
How Ascension Parish is carving out its place in Louisiana tourism
Videographer: Jordan Ponzio
Ascension Parish tourism is positioning the parish as an affordable alternative to Baton Rouge and New Orleans while capitalizing on its location...
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe betting big on prediction markets
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana is entering the rapidly expanding prediction-market industry through a new app powered by Kalshi, making it one of the...
Roundup: Space Force academy / Louisiana Innovation / Data center power
Louisiana enters race: Louisiana is seeking to become the home of a new national academy for the U.S. Space Force after President Donald Trump...
Microsoft’s AI playbook shows businesses how to turn experiments into results
Microsoft’s new Frontier Playbook outlines how businesses can move beyond AI experimentation and turn artificial intelligence deployments into measurable business results, including greater productivity...
Livingston airport project gets nearly $3.5M boost for runway, infrastructure work
The Livingston Executive Airport project is moving closer to completing its first phase after the State Bond Commission on Thursday approved nearly $3.5 million...
Surging diesel prices revive debate over reducing US fuel exports
President Trump faces pressure to address surging fuel prices, with some Republicans considering restrictions on U.S. fuel exports ahead of the November midterm elections,...
Chatagnier Market, Wild Rise scale up together in Gonzales
Chatagnier Community Market in Gonzales is already preparing to more than double its retail space less than three months after opening, while partnering with...
Novo Nordisk deepens its AI push with Anthropic partnership
Novo Nordisk is partnering with Anthropic to use artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery and development of new medicines, Inc. reports.
The Danish pharmaceutical company,...
Roundup: Flying taxis / Extra $107B fuel tab / Homebuilder confidence
Preparing to take flight: Joby Aviation is preparing to launch a piloted electric air-taxi service, initially targeting airport routes and promising faster trips between...
Residential development proposed for Hooper Road near Central
A new 14-lot residential development is being proposed on a roughly 2.7-acre tract along Hooper Road in north Baton Rouge, near the growing Belle...
House members exit DC without addressing AI
The U.S. House is scheduled to leave Washington on Wednesday evening for a seven-week district work period, giving lawmakers time to campaign, meet with...
Fed raises rates and points to another hike this year
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, lifting the federal-funds target range to 3.75% to 4% in...
Airbnb puts $250M behind affordable housing push
America’s housing affordability crisis is keeping more young adults at home, prompting companies such as Airbnb to invest in efforts to increase the supply...
Is this 500 MW Livingston Parish battery project tied to a data center?
A 500-megawatt battery storage project proposed by energy giant NextEra is moving through an expedited regional review process in Livingston Parish, according to documents...
LABI scorecard highlights Capital Region lawmakers
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, or LABI, has released its 2026 Legislative Scorecard, recognizing lawmakers whose votes supported policies the organization characterized...
Roundup: Project announcement / Louisiana unemployment / US household income
NOLA bound: Sicona Battery Technologies, an Australian developer of next-generation battery materials for lithium-ion batteries, is investing $10.3 million to establish its first U.S....
