Uncategorized

Baton Rouge company’s boudin balls are becoming a hit outside of Louisiana

Baton Rouge-based LA-Crave-A-Ball is known for its unique variety of boudin balls and has recently started marketing to customers outside the state. Members of the...

Meet the other Top 5 Large Companies honored as the 2024 Best Places to...

Among Baton Rouge's large companies of 250+ U.S. employees, Ryan ranks at No. 1. Here are the companies rounding out the top 5. NO. 2...

Meet the other Top 5 Medium Companies honored as the 2024 Best Places to...

Among Baton Rouge’s medium companies of 50 to 249 U.S. employees, Enginuity Global ranks No. 1. Here are the companies rounding out the top...

Meet the other Top 5 Small Companies honored as the 2024 Best Places to...

Among Baton Rouge's small companies of 15-49 U.S. employees, Baton Rouge Physical Therapy - Lake Rehabilitation Centers ranks at No. 1. Here are the...

What our 2024 Best Places to Work in the Capital Region look like

    Learn more about the 2024 Best Places to Work honorees About the 2024 Best Places to Work Meet the No. 1 Small Company Meet the No. 1...

A look at Gov. Landry’s plan to overhaul the state’s tax system

Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday unveiled his plan to address an upcoming budget shortfall and overhaul the state’s tax system.  As WAFB-TV reports, Landry says...

Roundup: Technical difficulties / University Lakes Project / CVS Health layoffs

Hold on: It took 20 minutes for Bureau of Labor Statistics officials to realize that highly anticipated jobs revisions data was not visible to...

Why port workers may have the upper hand in negotiations to end strike

With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may...

Facilities Maintenance Management appoints new CEO

Denham Springs-based Facilities Maintenance Management has named Jim Dolan as its new CEO, effective Tuesday. FMM founder and former CEO Steven Davis will serve as...

US jobs report for August surprises economists

U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8...

Roundup: College Drive / Mayoral forum / Gov. Landry

Exit lane closure: The Interstate I-10 westbound College Drive exit will temporarily be diverted to one lane starting Saturday as work continues on the...

​​Keep Louisiana Beautiful transitions from nonprofit to state program

Keep Louisiana Beautiful on Monday announced that it has transitioned from a nonprofit to a state program under the Department of Culture, Recreation and...

‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana PSC race heating up

Public service commissioner isn’t the sexiest job in terms of public profile, but there are only five such seats in the state, so when...

Port workers go on strike after months of failed negotiations

A strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, the first in decades, could snarl supply chains and lead to shortages and...

‘LaPolitics’: Louisiana PSC race heating up

Public service commissioner isn’t the sexiest job in terms of public profile, but there are only five such seats in the state, so when...

Here’s what Powell is saying about the economy this week

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the central bank will lower interest rates “over time,” while again emphasizing that the overall US...

Roundup: Drone growth / Car deals / Entergy

Going up: The Louisiana Advanced Aviation and Drone Advisory has requested $3 million in funding from the Department of Transportation and Development for vertiports,...

The FTC is accusing oil and gas CEOs of colluding to raise oil prices

Oil and gas CEOs are increasingly in the crosshairs of the Federal Trade Commission, The Wall Street Journal reports.  The FTC on Monday alleged Hess...

Takeaways from a new report on how overseas shrimp farmers are exploited

A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released on Monday claims that as big Western supermarkets make windfall...

State establishes five guiding principles for introducing AI into classrooms

The Louisiana Department of Education has developed a comprehensive new guide on how educators can safely, effectively and ethically use artificial intelligence softwares in...