U.S. employers in February announced plans to reduce headcount at the fastest pace since early in the pandemic, led by cuts ...

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market remains sturdy ahead of an expected purge of federal government employees. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits ...

Emergency preparedness experts have expressed mixed feelings since President Donald Trump first suggested “maybe getting rid of FEMA” and letting states manage federal disaster funding, Louisiana ...

History appears to be repeating itself, writes Rolfe McCollister in his latest opinion piece, as yet another Baton Rouge mayor seeks to target library funding to address city-parish budget issues. In ...

The number of high-wealth individuals—or those with assets worth more than $10 million—rose 4.4% worldwide in 2024, but jumped 5.2% in North America, according to the annual Wealth Report by global ...

A Minnesota farmer worries about the price of fertilizer. A San Diego entrepreneur deals with an unexpected cost increase of remodeling a restaurant. A Midwestern sheet metal fabricator bemoans the ...

As President Trump’s trade war has reverberated through corner offices and conferences over the past 24 hours, The Wall Street Journal reports that chief executives are finding themselves on the front ...

Benz of Baton Rouge For 15 years, Guy Oliver, owner of GW Oliver Aquatics, has relied on Mercedes-Benz to power his business ...

Lily and Park, formerly Blu Spero Boutique and Apricot Lane, is closing its online women’s clothing store after years of ...

Any food that you enjoy and anticipate eating can release dopamine in the brain, and this varies per person. It’s important ...

New apartment construction hit a record high last year, but getting a rental is becoming more challenging, CNBC reports. Last year, developers completed close to 600,000 multifamily units, according ...

The federal government has filed a lawsuit against Pinnacle Precision Services, a Baton Rouge area industrial contractor, in an effort to recover $339,530.85 in unpaid federal taxes and enforce ...