BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will review the implications of the complex tax swap the Louisiana Legislature approved during the session that ended Thursday but indicated he was likely to sign off. “I expect to support those…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, Louisiana lawmakers completed a nine-week legislative session during which federal pandemic aid and surprisingly robust state tax collections led to an unusual circumstance: a surplus of money to spend. Representatives spent their time deciding how…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the second year in a row, organizers have canceled a Halloween weekend music festival in New Orleans. Last year’s Voodoo Music and Arts Experience was among many festivals around the world canceled last year because…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Almost nine months after opening its doors at 5950 Bullard Avenue in New Orleans East, the Ochsner Community Health – Brees Family Center stayed open after-hours on Thursday, June 10 to commemorate the center's opening…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - The New Orleans Business Alliance Board of Directors announced that Chief Financial Officer Norman E. Barnum IV has been named Interim President and CEO for the organization. Barnum will assume the duties of current President…
BATON ROUGE (press release) – The Louisiana Workforce Commission said initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 5, 2021 dropped to 5,569 from the week ending May 29, 2021 total of 5,573. For a comparison, during the week…
BATON ROUGE (press release) – Louisiana's Main Street Recovery Program grants are not subject to state taxes under legislation that recently became state law. Senate Bill 11 by state Sen. Kirk Talbot created the state tax exemption for COVID-19 disaster…
GRAY, La. (press release) - The Cardiovascular Institute of the South completed the first outpatient procedure this week in its new Ambulatory Surgery Center. The peripheral angiogram was performed by interventional cardiologist Craig Walker. A first-of-its-kind in the region, the…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Go.Be, formerly Good Work Network, formally announced the launch of its Elevate Fund to help entrepreneurial minority and women small business owners gain access to additional resources to grow. The launch, part of the nonprofit's…
BATON ROUGE (press release) — Area Development magazine has recognized Louisiana for one of the nation’s best economic development performances in the past year by presenting the state with a 2021 Silver Shovel Award. The 2021 Gold & Silver Shovel…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - Veteran banking executive James Hudson, who founded and led Omni Bank for 23 years, will open Citizens National Bank’s first south Louisiana branch this fall as its president of the New Orleans region. Citizens National…
MANDEVILLE (press release) – St. Tammany Corporation, the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce, and the SLU Small Business Development Center are excited to announce their official partnership with Shop Local Nola, a directory of verified, locally owned businesses in the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers Thursday completed a nine-week legislative session where they spent hefty sums of coronavirus recovery money, worked to overhaul the state's tax structure and found themselves battling over social issues that nearly derailed the financial…
BATON ROUGE – On the last day of the 2021 regular session, the Louisiana Senate gave final passage to a complex tax overhaul that supporters hope will make the state more attractive to businesses and residents. The package now heads…
NEW ORLEANS - Starting Dec. 16, Alaska Airlines will offer nonstop flights between New Orleans and Portland, Oregon. There will be three flights each week leaving Armstrong International Airport at 8 a.m. and arriving at Portland International at 11:10 a.m.…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers Thursday were completing a nine-week legislative session where they spent hefty sums of coronavirus recovery money, worked to overhaul the state's tax structure and found themselves battling over social issues that nearly derailed…
AVONDALE, La (press release) – The United States Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, Jefferson Parish, and the City of Westwego with a federal grant to boost business attraction, jobs, and investment in historically underserved…
MANDEVILLE - The Richards Collection, a Louisiana-based commercial real estate development and property management firm, announced the launch of The Shops at 1200 West in Mandeville. The firm acquired the 47,067-square-foot shopping center on W. Causeway Approach from 1200 Place…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) announced today that Anwar Nasir—a celebrated leader at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl, Omaha Symphony, and Atlanta Ballet and a coveted speaker at national…
BATON ROUGE (press release) — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the State of Louisiana’s SmartPort initiative is the recipient of a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. That federal award will be matched by $1.4 million from…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University will share in a $35 million U.S. Department of Energy award designed to advance new technologies to decarbonize the biorefining processes used to convert organic material, such as plant matter, into fuel. The effort cuts…
NEW ORLEANS - Renowned digital anthropologist and futurist Brian Solis will be the featured guest on the 21st Century Business Forum webcast hosted by best-selling author Jon Gordon at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 14. Registration is free. Brian is the…
NEW YORK – A new national survey of small business owners from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices shows that small businesses across America are open for business but hitting roadblocks at every turn. While small business owners express optimism…
NEW ORLEANS - Since its 2009 debut, Second Line Stages in the Lower Garden District has hosted roughly 100 major film and television productions, starting with the Ryan Reynolds superhero movie Green Lantern. Most recently, the roughly 200,000-square-foot facility was…
NEW ORLEANS - It makes sense that a business CEO who graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point would think the best place for leaders to be is in the trenches with their troops. And…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards and ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Manager David Oldreive announced the company’s final investment decision for more than $240 million in capital improvements at the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery. The suite of projects will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Mystick Krewe of Louisianians has announced the chairman and royal court for the 2022 Washington Mardi Gras, scheduled to take place Jan. 27-29 at the Washington Hilton Hotel. This…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Louisiana Economic Development recognized Harahan as the state’s newest Louisiana Development Ready Community. The third-largest municipality in Jefferson Parish, Harahan becomes the 46th participant in the community development program, now in its 13th year. The…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Greater New Orleans, Inc., in partnership with Xavier University of Louisiana, Dillard University, and Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO), and along with The Idea Village, has announced the first cohort of participants in the…
NEW ORLEANS — Hogs for the Cause organizers said their 2020 and 2021 events combined raised nearly $3 million for families fighting pediatric brain cancer. “We always knew our teams, musicians and fans were the best,” said Becker Hall, the…
