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Roundup: Trump’s GOP grip / Amendment 3 / Powering AI
The next target: U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s third-place finish in Louisiana’s Republican primary is being cast by national GOP figures as another sign of...
Is a master’s degree still worth it?
A master’s degree has long been viewed as a reliable career accelerant, but new data suggests that payoff is getting harder to guarantee, The...
Bill that shields energy firms from climate claims advances to full Senate
Louisiana lawmakers are moving closer to shielding fossil fuel companies and other entities from climate-related liability claims under a bill headed to the full...
Roundup: Hot Art Cool Nights / NFL streaming / Inspection stickers
Back on: Hot Art Cool Nights is back in Baton Rouge’s Mid City after heavy rain pushed the annual festival back a week. The...
Hot inflation data revives fears of interest rate hike
Markets are starting to price in a very different path for the Federal Reserve after a fresh batch of hotter-than-expected inflation data, Reuters writes.
Investors...
Louisiana initial unemployment claims climb from previous week
Initial unemployment claims 05/09/26
Continued unemployment claims 05/09/26
Here’s how the Greater Baton Rouge housing market performed in April
The area housing market posted modest gains in April, with rising home prices and increased sales activity pointing to continued stability despite slightly longer...
The global fuel crunch is putting US oil refiners in overdrive
U.S. oil refiners are expected to keep fuel production running near full tilt through the rest of the year as the war with Iran...
UnitedHealth’s AI push now includes employee tracking
UnitedHealth Group is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence—and tracking whether some employees are actually using it, Bloomberg writes.
The health care giant is monitoring AI...
The Partnership names co-CEOs following Lori Melancon’s departure
The Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership has announced the departure of President and CEO Lori Melancon and the immediate appointment of Trey Godfrey and...
Developer purchases land for Denham Springs mixed-use development
Baton Rouge-based developer Dantin Bruce has secured land for a planned mixed-use project in Denham Springs.
Dantin Bruce Development acquired roughly 35 acres across four...
This $9.75B Louisiana LNG project just cleared a huge hurdle
A major new LNG project in southwest Louisiana is officially moving forward after Caturus secured $9.75 billion in financing to build its Commonwealth LNG...
Commercial real estate’s ‘extend and pretend’ strategy is starting to crack
After years of delaying the reckoning, commercial real estate lenders are increasingly cutting their losses and offloading troubled property loans at steep discounts, signaling...
Roundup: Boarding boats / Election update / Starbucks layoffs
Reasonable suspicion required: Louisiana lawmakers have approved legislation that would require wildlife agents and other law enforcement officers to have reasonable suspicion before stopping...
‘LaPolitics’: U.S. energy secretary to make stop in Louisiana
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was slated to be in Cameron this morning to highlight the impacts of "American energy dominance achieved under President...
As travel costs surge, companies are forced to rethink business trips
Rising fuel and airfare costs are beginning to reshape how companies approach business travel, Fortune writes.
Fuel transaction costs jumped 14% in a single month,...
Local manufacturer buys former Pepsi distribution site for new headquarters
Manufacturing company Jogler has purchased a 36,000-square-foot facility to become its new Baton Rouge headquarters.
The company acquired the former Pepsi distribution facility on Petroleum...
Could a Louisiana marsh become a SpaceX launchpad?
SpaceX is reportedly acquiring 136,000 acres of marshland near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, an Acadiana real estate agent has told KADN-TV.
The agent, Jim...
Beyond the suburbs: The rise of the exurbs
As America’s overall population growth slows, the country’s hottest boomtowns are increasingly found far beyond major city centers, The Wall Street Journal writes.
New census...
Roundup: BRCC’s big send-off / US jobless claims / AI for small business
1,200 graduates: Baton Rouge Community College will celebrate more than 1,200 graduates next week, including a record-breaking class of roughly 200 dual enrollment students...
