Business activity and output expectations picked up this month as anxiety over tariffs began to ease, Bloomberg reports. The S&P Global flash May composite index of output rose 1.5 points to 52.1 ...

Forecasters within NOAA’s National Weather Service are predicting above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this ...

A pair of College Drive properties have changed hands in separate transactions. Texas real estate investment firm Stablewood Properties bought the properties housing Capital One Bank and IHOP for a ...

Federal funding has become a key pillar of Louisiana’s education system, accounting for up to 44% of the state education budget—well above the national average of 13%. This growing reliance mirrors a ...

LSU President William Tate’s new job at Rutgers University in New Jersey will come with a significant pay raise, New Jersey ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. climbed this week to its highest level since mid-February, a setback for home shoppers that threatens to slow sales further this spring homebuying ...

Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. fell in April to their slowest pace in seven months, signaling a sluggish start to the critical spring selling season, Bloomberg reports.  Closings dipped 0 ...

Businesses will soon need to rethink how they price everyday goods as the U.S. Treasury begins phasing out the penny, ending over 230 years of use, The Wall Street Journal reports.  By early next year ...

Dallas holding company Uncommon Brands has purchased a 2.4-acre tract on West Lee Drive near Burbank Drive—the future home to a Tex-Mex chain’s first Louisiana restaurant. The holding company bought ...

Louisiana is moving to fast-track environmental permitting for advanced nuclear projects under a bill that aligns the state with a national effort to accelerate next-gen reactor development, The ...

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval ...

The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite growing economic uncertainty over U.S. trade policy. Applications for ...