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Roundup: $300M tugboat contract / Self-storage demand / Global oil supply
Big energy bet: Woodside Energy has awarded a $300 million tugboat contract to Green Tug Towing tied to its Louisiana LNG project, pushing total...
Prairieville buyers acquire retail center near Bass Pro Shops in Gonzales
A roughly 14,500-square-foot retail center near Interstate 10 in Gonzales, less than a mile from Bass Pro Shops, has changed hands.
Prairieville residents Thomas, Linda...
Fewer jobs, less aid: College grads face a double squeeze
New federal limits on graduate student loans are poised to reshape higher education just as a weak job market pushes more young workers back...
Scott Gaudin: Business owners don’t need a bank. They need a banker.
There is no shortage of banks—there are more than 4,500 nationwide.
There is no shortage of products, platforms or capital in the market today. On...
SCOTUS sides with oil companies on where Louisiana coastal lawsuits are heard
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed a major win to oil and gas companies in a long-running legal fight over coastal damage in Louisiana,...
Roundup: Strait of Hormuz / Ford F-150 recall / Candidate forum
Open for business: Oil prices were falling by more than 10% on Friday, and Wall Street is rallying toward another record after Iran said...
BTR is adding flights for these LSU football matchups
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has announced the addition of nonstop Delta flights from Baton Rouge for two LSU games this season. The airport also...
How today’s AI trainers could be tomorrow’s displaced workers
A fast-growing AI startup is betting it can transform—and potentially replace—large swaths of white-collar work by turning professionals into trainers for the very systems...
Private school shortage in South Florida leads billionaires to build their own
A surge of wealthy families relocating to South Florida is reshaping the region’s education landscape, as a shortage of private school seats pushes billionaires...
Why Louisiana is suing the US Election Assistance Commission
Louisiana has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, escalating a dispute over voter registration requirements tied to a 2024 state...
‘LaPolitics’: A Q&A with Senate Ag chair Stewart Cathey
LaPolitics: How would you characterize the session so far?
Senate Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development chair Stewart Cathey: I think that it has been...
Manuel Builders acquires 33 lots for Denham Springs community
Homebuilder Manuel Builders has purchased more than 30 lots as part of the first filing of its new Eagles Gate community in Livingston Parish.
Manuel...
Roundup: Gatorade / Louisiana Medicaid / General Motors
Strategy pivot: Gatorade is shifting its focus 60 years after inventing sports drinks. PepsiCo., Gatorade’s parent company, announced on Thursday that the brand will...
Here’s how the Baton Rouge-area housing market performed in March
The Greater Baton Rouge housing market posted increases in pending sales, closed sales and new listings in March, a sign that the typically busy...
Louisiana House votes 104-0 to send $47B budget bill on to the Senate
The Louisiana House on Thursday unanimously approved a $47 billion state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, advancing a plan that avoids...
How long is too long? Judicial retirement age heads to the ballot
Louisiana voters on May 16 will consider a constitutional amendment that would raise the mandatory retirement age for state court judges from 70 to...
Facing pressure from Anthropic, ChatGPT shifts focus to business users
The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is...
Roundup: Sid Edwards / Tort reform / US jobless claims
New grad: Mayor Sid Edwards has completed the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a nine-month program launched in 2017 designed to equip mayors and...
PSC agrees to fast-track Entergy’s $20B plan to power Meta’s data center
The Louisiana Public Service Commission on Wednesday voted to fast-track Entergy’s proposal to power Meta’s data center in Richland Parish, advancing a controversial multibillion-dollar...
Nexus competition calls on students to turn education data into decisions
Nexus Louisiana has launched its fourth DevDays competition, the EdTech Challenge, in partnership with New Schools for Louisiana.
The challenge invites computer science and engineering...
