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Louisiana spends heavily on economic incentives — more than $500 million in 2023 alone — in an effort to attract investment, revive communities, and stay competitive with neighboring states. Whether those incentives deliver real value often depends on a simple question: Do they change business decisions that wouldn’t have happened otherwise? To understand which incentives pass that test, we examined perspectives from economic development leaders, business organizations, poli

By Dr. Rajesh Narayanan, Hermann Moyse Jr./Louisiana Bankers Association Professor of Finance Short-term funding markets sent an unmistakable signal at the end of October: liquidity in the U.S. financial system is tightening in ways that extend well beyond routine quarter-end adjustments. Usage of the Federal Reserve’s Standing Repo Facility surged past $50 billion—the highest since the COVID crisis—at the exact moment the Fed’s Overnight Reverse Repo facility fell to just $2

By Dr. Dr. Rajesh P. Narayanan - Dr. Narayanan is the Louisiana Bankers Association Professor of Finance in the Department of Finance at Louisiana State University.  Congress has long recognized that stablecoins should not function as unregulated bank deposits. The intent of the recently enacted GENIUS Act is clear: to prohibit stablecoin issuers from paying interest or yield to holders, maintaining a distinction between payment instruments and bank deposits which are not onl

On a farm in Gilliam, Louisiana, the final harvest is in. Corn, soybeans, cotton, and peanuts have all been cut and loaded. Now, farmer Stephen Logan  is spreading cereal rye seed and planning for the next growing season. But this fall, the federal shutdown has left him — and many like him — working without a safety net. For weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s local offices have been closed, cutting off access to conservation payments, short-term crop loans, and criti

Foreclosure activity is climbing across south Louisiana, signaling what experts describe as a long-expected correction rather than a looming crisis. According to new data from Attom, a national firm that tracks property and foreclosure trends, 45 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes saw an increase in residential foreclosure filings during the first half of 2025 compared with the same period last year. While the uptick reflects national trends tied to higher interest rates and inflatio

By Professor Del Wright Jr. | LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center Financial innovation in digital assets is rapidly transforming the American...

Louisiana businesses and retirement savers may soon see new opportunities thanks to a federal push to expand access to private equity and...

Louisiana’s startup scene is getting a boost from the state’s first government-backed venture capital fund, which is already helping...

A historic transformation in American freight transportation is unfolding. Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern...

South Louisiana is emerging as a private equity incubator, with local firms raising substantial capital and beginning to shape regional...

The GENIUS Act was intended to bring order to the fast-growing stablecoin industry. Lawmakers prohibited issuers from paying interest to...

Richard Hunt warns at a Breitbart Policy event: this bill could strip rewards and raise costs for consumers. When it comes to protecting...