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Chase Bank has purchased a 1.02-acre site on Creek Centre Boulevard near Burbank Drive, where it plans to open a new branch.
Hopes for a 2025 rebound in the U.S. trucking sector are fading, with freight demand remaining soft for a third straight year, The Wall Street Journal reports.  Tariff uncertainty and bloated ...
Louisiana’s colleges and universities are set to receive a major boost in state funding, with more than $600 million allocated for construction and special projects in the 2025-26 budget year, ...
Nike on Thursday said it expects sales and profit declines to moderate ahead, after the sneaker giant took its biggest financial hit yet from its turnaround plan during its fiscal fourth quarter. On a ...
LaPolitics: Following the merger of CABL and C100 to create Leaders for a Better Louisiana, how was the approach to the session different?   Barry Erwin, chief policy officer of Leaders for a Better ...
A key inflation gauge moved higher in May in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated while Americans also cut back on their spending last month. Prices rose 2.3% in May compared with a ...
The 0.67-acre tract set to be the site for Louisiana’s first Dutch Bros Coffee location recently changed hands. Texas company ...
Sponsored by East Baton Rouge Parish Library If you’re a small business owner in East Baton Rouge Parish, your next big break ...
As Congress races to finalize a sweeping budget bill ahead of the July 4 deadline, Politico spotlights the alarm growing in Louisiana.  The proposed legislation—central to Donald Trump’s policy agenda ...
Congress is looking to revive charitable giving—especially among everyday donors—but the House and Senate have different approaches, The Wall Street Journal writes.  Both chambers are negotiating ...
Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade. The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its ...
Gov. Jeff Landry struck language from the Louisiana budget plan that could have provided state employees and public school teachers with insurance coverage for popular weight-loss medication over the ...