A new multiuse dining and recreation venue is opening Sunday on Burbank Drive in Baton Rouge, 225 writes. Court to Table will combine a full-service restaurant, bar, pickleball courts and live music ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a sign that companies aren’t cutting many jobs. Jobless claims for the week ended June 21 ...

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected ...

Louisiana is at the heart of a major expansion in U.S. liquefied natural gas exports, following five new federal authorizations issued under the Trump administration, The Center Square writes.  The ...

British oil giant Shell on Thursday denied media reports that it is in talks to buy rival BP. The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday said Shell was holding “early stage talks,″ to acquire BP, citing ...

BREC interim Superintendent Janet Simmons has appointed Maurice Velasquez as interim chief operating officer and Johanna ...

Louisiana agencies will soon face a higher bar before they can roll out regulations that carry big price tags. Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law Senate Bill 59, which amends the state’s ...

Providence, an engineering and environmental consulting firm, has broken ground on its new corporate headquarters in Baton ...

A little-known Louisiana program has funneled nearly $80 million into energy efficiency upgrades for schools, parks, and other public buildings—without competitive bidding or independent oversight, ...

The budget bill championed by President Donald Trump could complicate next year’s tax filing season after the IRS lost one-quarter of its employees through staffing cuts, an independent watchdog ...

Bayou Sauvage, a key marshland refuge on New Orleans’ eastern edge, may no longer qualify as protected wetlands under a new Louisiana law. The measure excludes areas surrounded by levees—now labeled ...

Shell is in early talks to acquire BP in what could be the largest oil merger in decades, according to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reports.  While Shell has denied the ...