The city of St. George will officially take over its own public works operation on Saturday, marking a milestone for the city ...

A new poll shows broad support among River Parishes residents for Hyundai’s proposed $5.8 billion steel plant near Donaldsonville, though concerns about pollution remain high, The Center Square writes ...

Shell extended its $3.5 billion quarterly share buyback after reporting stronger-than-expected earnings, lifted by record production and improved trading margins, The Wall Street Journal writes. ...

Wall Street is growing uneasy as tech giants pour record sums into artificial intelligence infrastructure, Bloomberg writes.  Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft spent a combined $78 billion on data centers ...

LSU’s presidential search committee on Wednesday afternoon narrowed its group of finalists for the university’s top position ...

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring even as inflation stays elevated. “Job gains have slowed this ...

Two construction permits for office buildings were filed this week in Ascension Parish, marking the start of a new office park development in Gonzales. The two buildings, which will each featur… ...

The Louisiana Legislature has approved a measure allocating up to $150 million in state funds toward SNAP benefits, which provide food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Louisianans. The m… ...

Louisiana lawmakers voted Wednesday to delay the 2026 primary election dates, giving the Legislature time to redraw U.S. House districts depending on the outcome of Louisiana v. Callais, Louisiana ...

Robert Stuart President Hancock Whitney As regional president for the market, Stuart leads Hancock Whitney’s commercial, middle market, and corporate banking growth and strategy as bankers serve ...

General Motors will lay off more than 3,300 union workers across Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee as it scales back electric vehicle production amid slower demand and changing regulations. GM’s battery ...

Baton Rouge attorney Harry “Skip” Philips has left Taylor Porter after more than four decades to join Attorney General Liz ...