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Better Louisiana launches health-focused leadership program
Leaders for a Better Louisiana is expanding its longtime leadership development model into the healthcare arena with the launch of Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows,...
Frontline Strategies aims to lead a changing lobbying landscape
Frontline Strategies, a Baton Rouge government relations firm launched in January through the merger of Sequitur Consulting and The Tatman Group, has quickly built...
Why ‘cognitive surrender’ may be AI’s biggest workplace risk
Artificial intelligence is making knowledge workers more productive, but a growing body of research suggests that relying on it too heavily may weaken critical...
Roundup: Fed report / Air taxis / $7B healthcare acquisition
Inflation update: In its semiannual monetary report to Congress, the Federal Reserve said inflation remains well above its 2% target rate, boosted by tariffs...
MEP supplier signs lease deal on a 45,000-square-foot industrial facility
Noland Company, a wholesale distributor of mechanical, electrical and plumbing, or MEP, supplies, is relocating to a larger facility to accommodate its continued growth.
Noland,...
As tensions rise, shippers again are forced to rethink Strait of Hormuz routes
Renewed fighting between Iran and the U.S. has reignited security concerns in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes...
AI boom spins up demand for turbine makers
A small group of specialized manufacturers is benefiting from surging demand for turbine blades and vanes used in aircraft engines and gas turbines that...
How Peter Ranzino turned business challenges into fast-growing tech companies
Baton Rouge tech entrepreneur Peter Ranzino built two successful companies by identifying workplace problems and using technology to solve them.
In the late 1990s, he...
Trump will allow bipartisan housing bill to become law, but without his signature
President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to...
Roundup: Oil demand / EU investigates Meta / Volkswagen shrinks
Predicted to fall: The International Energy Agency expects global oil demand to fall by about 1 million barrels per day in 2026, as the...
Sale of former UPS facility highlights demand for Baton Rouge industrial space
A Dallas-based investor has purchased a former UPS distribution facility in Baton Rouge, and interest in the property is already building, according to Alex...
Tech giants are piling on debt to fund AI expansion
The largest AI infrastructure companies, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle, have collectively added roughly $350 billion in debt over the past five years...
How Louisiana is preparing to capitalize on a nuclear energy boom
Louisiana is making a strategic push to become a leader in the growing U.S. nuclear energy industry as demand for reliable, low-carbon electricity increases.
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‘LaPolitics’: Tim Temple sees positive movement in property insurance market
For the first time in five years Louisiana’s property insurers are taking rate decreases, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said in an interview with LaPolitics,...
Your guide to cancer prevention and innovative care in South Louisiana
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South Louisiana ranks top five in the nation for overall cancer incidence, making education, awareness, and early detection more important than ever.
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Oklahoma concrete producer expands into Louisiana, Texas markets
Suncrete Inc. expanded into Louisiana and Texas earlier this spring with the acquisition of Hope Concrete, an 80-year-old ready-mix concrete producer with operations in...
Meet the Capital Region man who bought Exit 19
Garry Lewis, a former U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom pilot and retired attorney, has spent the past two decades transforming the once-rural Exit 19 interchange...
AI’s energy demands are driving America’s nuclear revival
The U.S. is experiencing a renewed interest in nuclear power, driven by the rapid growth of AI data centers and strong support from the...
How America’s grocers are responding to changing consumer habits
U.S. grocery stores are cutting prices on selected items as consumers continue to reduce spending in response to higher food costs and economic pressures,...
Roundup: Offshore innovation / Housing market shift / Meta releases Muse Spark 1.1
Powering tomorrow: Forged Energy Solutions plans to redevelop existing offshore infrastructure to support Louisiana’s growing digital economy, including future data center and digital infrastructure...
