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Offshore natural gas pipeline explosion in Louisiana

An offshore natural gas pipeline that exploded near Venice, Louisiana, on Saturday (17 August, 2024) night, killing one person, was owned...

Louisiana has lagged behind other states in terms of job growth. Here are the plans to improve

Over the past eight years, Louisiana’s economic development performance lagged behind that of other most other Southern states and...

META is turning to this Louisiana solar farm for some of its power needs

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other worldwide social media platforms, will be filling some of its expansive...

Certain execs from insolvent insurers barred from serving as MGAs in Louisiana

Certain officers, directors, and other executives from insurance companies that have gone insolvent will now be barred from acting as...

LSU helps grow Louisiana’s $12 billion agriculture business

Agriculture is a $12 billion enterprise in Louisiana and supporting it is about $100 million a year in research conducted by the LSU...

Growing Louisiana business: Communications firm expanding across the Southeast

REV, a Gonzales-based communication company, is expanding its footprint across the southeast. The company recently announced it acquired...

Lack of Broadband May Be Stifling Rural Louisiana Business

The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe hosted its third annual Louisiana Rural Economic Development conference in Marksville. Speakers ranged from the...

LA Based Hospital Launches $10M Louisiana Investment Fund

Ochsner Health’s venture arm has launched the Ochsner Louisiana Innovation Fund, a $10 million fund for investments in Louisiana-based,...

Baton Rouge software company Kologik acquired after filing for bankruptcy

Kologik, a Baton Rouge-based software company born out of the ashes of the once-prominent tech firm Thinkstream, has been acquired by...

Louisiana Legislature Unanimously Opposes Government Credit Card Mandates – Louisiana’s Senators Should Too

If every member of the Louisiana state legislature agrees on something, you know it’s a clear-cut issue. Earlier this year both chambers...

NOLA.COM: The insurance crisis is impacting the housing market in Louisiana.

A spiraling insurance crisis has hammered Louisianans with high premiums, less coverage and fewer options, heaping intense financial...

NFIB: Is Your Business Ready for Hurricane Season?

The federal government is warning that La Niña and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures could result in an above-average Atlantic...