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After expressing skepticism about the policy last year, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a new executive order last week continuing paid parental leave for thousands...

Small businesses are facing steep increases in insurance costs this year—and that is prompting them to make difficult decisions on how they run their...

Recession fears: Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Monday, as fears of the US tipping into recession following weak economic data last week rippled...

America’s drugstores are testing smaller locations and more ways to offer care as price-sensitive shoppers look elsewhere. Customers may see Walgreens stores that are one-fourth...

A number of new laws impacting energy production and environmental regulation came out of the recently concluded Louisiana legislative session. Local firm Kean Miller breaks...

Bigger in Texas: Oil and gas giant Chevron is moving its headquarters from California to Houston, Texas, executives announced Friday morning. While the company’s...

The East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority and the BR Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan were recently awarded a $2.5 million investment from the U.S....

Homebuilder Alvarez Construction purchased 44 lots in the Silverside Cove community off Staring Lane for $3.5 million, according to sales documents filed with the...

Earnings: ExxonMobil banked one of its highest profits for a second quarter—bolstered by record production in the Permian Basin and Guyana—as it stretched its...

The health care sector has contributed the most new jobs to Louisiana’s economy over the past five years, according to the latest economic intelligence...

Longtime Society of St. Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge CEO Michael Acaldo has been named CEO of the National Council of the U.S. Society...

LaPolitics: Why was the Louisiana Economic Development overhaul needed? How was the department falling short? Adam Knapp, CEO of The Committee of 100 for Economic...

The Louisiana Clean Hydrogen Task Force, led by State Rep. Joseph Orgeron, recently convened at the state Capitol to explore the state's potential in...

The plans to demolish a hotel at Reiger Road and Siegen Lane intersection to build a new hotel, fast food restaurant and coffee shop...

This year’s low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average and larger than the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration researchers’...

Look what’s back: Booking mugshots are back in Louisiana with a new law repealing restrictions to their publication and distribution taking effect Aug. 1....

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell this week to its lowest level since early February, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing...

While layoffs have traditionally been used by companies that are restructuring or looking to cut costs, a new survey suggests managers may be laying...

Ironing out the details: The East Baton Rouge School Board is scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss a contract for new superintendent Lamont Cole....

The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Under...