On the recruiting trail
Louisiana aims to replace a lost generation of workers through programs designed to attract and retain future employees.
A new normal
Uncertainty remains for the oil and gas industry in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
An emerging player
Louisiana could see additional jobs, new market prospects and increased tax revenue as a result of export opportunities.
A long, winding road
This was not the way the Republican presidential primaries were supposed to start, neither for Gov. Bobby Jindal nor for candidate Buddy Roemer.
Getting serious with reform
Bobby Jindal has hoisted himself atop a tightly controlled bully pulpit to let all of us know that his top priority in the first year of his second term as governor is reforming education in the great—albeit woefully uneducated—state of Louisiana.
Downstream flow
Louisiana has started to reverse the trend of manufacturers sending the state's abundant raw materials elsewhere for processing.
Poetry in motion
Can a machine shop double as an art gallery?
Entrepreneur: Shawn Usher
Shawn Usher was working as a business consultant in the information technology department at General Health System, while also pursuing his MBA at LSU. Usher had been thinking about his financial future and was frustrated at his job, feeling that he wasn't making as big an impact as he would have liked.
The State of Industry
Low and stable natural gas prices, a recovery year for construction and new export opportunities help power economic optimism in 2012.
