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Visa and Mastercard Strike $30 Billion Deal to Cut Credit Card Fees, Despite Durbin's Bill Opposition
Visa and Mastercard have reached a landmark agreement estimated at $30 billion, intended to alleviate credit and debit card fees...
Apr 11, 2024


Landscape Firm Mullin Opens Baton Rouge Location
Landscape firm Mullin has opened its new location at 11522 Florida Avenue in Baton Rouge. In late December, the company purchased the...
Apr 11, 2024


Senate bill aimed at banning THC from all consumable hemp products could be a big blow for businesses
Several businesses banking on cannabis sales are furious about a state senate bill that threatens to end the sale of THC products...
Apr 9, 2024


AP: New EPA rule says 200 US chemical plants (Many in LA) must reduce toxic emissions
More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule...
Apr 9, 2024


Average US Car Sales Price Down 3.6% From a Year Ago
In the first three months of 2024, new vehicle sales rose some 5% despite high interest rates. However, electric vehicle sales slowed due...
Apr 8, 2024


What is the economic fallout of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse?
The Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has trapped vessels in the Port of Baltimore and halted all traffic in or out, until...
Apr 4, 2024


Visa, MasterCard Agree to Lower Swipe Fees in New $30 billion settlement
Visa and Mastercard have come to terms with an estimated $30 billion settlement aimed at reducing credit and debit card fees for...
Apr 4, 2024


Hope for crawfish in Louisiana
In a normal year, crawfish are abundant and cheap for Easter, but this year is entirely different. Due to drought, freezes and salt water...
Apr 2, 2024


A solar-power plane being tested off the Mississippi coast is pushing the limits of flight
Deep in the piney woods of south Mississippi, an aerospace company is pushing the boundaries of solar-powered flight. Working from a...
Mar 29, 2024


Stricken by freeze and record drought, Louisiana honey producers saw yields slashed in 2023
The beginning of 2023 started strong for Steve Bernard, owner of a Henderson-based bee farm and producer of Bernard's Acadiana Honey. A...
Mar 28, 2024


Workers at 5th Louisiana Starbucks vote to join union
Employees at a Starbucks in Sulphur voted unanimously to join a union, the fifth location in the state where a union election was...
Mar 28, 2024


LSU to Drill Carbon Capture Research Well on Campus
BATON ROUGE (Louisiana Illuminator) — LSU’s College of Engineering will soon drill a new well on campus to research carbon capture,...
Mar 26, 2024
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