NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved industrial hemp licensing plans for Louisiana,Ohio and New Jersey, the department announced Friday. The states are the first to get such approval, though 34 other states have hemp research or pilot projects under a…
NEW YORK (AP) - A year is built one day at a time. It’s the busy Tuesdays when you never have a moment and the lazy Sundays when you can finally relax. Focusing on small, cumulative actions can take you…
TOKYO (AP) — Stocks slipped globally in quiet New Year's Eve trading Tuesday with many markets closed. Wall Street could close 2019 with back-to-back daily losses in a year that the U.S. posted the largest market gains since 2013. Britain's…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose faster in October than the previous month as many would-be buyers competed for a limited supply of available properties. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 2.2% in October from a…
GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana parish has received $10 million from an oil company that is its largest taxpayer and expects to receive another $10 million next month as the company makes payments on a higher tax bill. Marathon…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ride-share company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates sued Monday to block a broad new California law aimed at giving wage and benefit protections to people who work as independent contractors. The lawsuit filed in…
NEW ORLEANS - The Urban League of Louisiana hosts an event titled How to Become a Real Estate Appraiser from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 4640 S. Carrollton Ave. The event will explain how appraisers…
NEW ORLEANS - Jones Walker and Tulane present ACG Louisiana University, a one-day private equity education event, on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at the Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans. The event's goal is to equip the next generation of dealmakers with the…
NEW ORLEANS - Entergy New Orleans said it will reach its goal of installing five megawatts of distributed-scale solar in the city of New Orleans through its Commercial Rooftop Solar program. The solar program leases commercial building rooftops to install…
NEW ORLEANS - Delgado Community College Professor Derek D. Bardell has been inducted into the International Educator’s Hall of Fame by Youth on the Move Inc. for his 23 years of service to the education profession and his exemplary contributions…
NEW ORLEANS - The Morial Convention Center said that the entire new roadway of Convention Center Boulevard, from Poydras to Henderson Streets, has reopened in time for the new year after Entergy finished the installation of new power poles. Originally,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s long tradition of advancing nation-leading legislation continues into the new year, with laws reining in the gig economy, boosting online privacy and discouraging shootings by police, among other potential trend-setters. The laws have sent businesses including Uber,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards heads into the new year as the nation’s only Democratic governor representing the Deep South after a bruising victory over a Trump-backed opponent. This year also saw residents legally buying medical…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — City leaders are preparing to decide a key issue in restoring passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast, where Amtrak hasn't operated regularly since Hurricane Katrina. Council members are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as investors look to push the major indexes further into record territory. Consumer and technology stocks led the early gainers. Apple rose 1.1%. The Nasdaq rose 0.2% to 9,039…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Volkswagen is raising the bar for its plunge into battery powered cars, saying it will reach its goal of 1 million electric cars per year two years earlier than planned. The announcement Friday comes as…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Officials in Mississippi are trying to force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River Commission to consult with them before opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Louisiana again and flooding the region with…
DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff's office in Florida said it caught an Amazon driver stealing a customer's package but got no help from the company during its investigation. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Thursday in a statement that…
NEW YORK (AP) — On January 3, the S&P 500 sank 2.5% when Apple warned of sagging demand for the iPhone, an inauspicious start to 2019 following a 14% drubbing in last year's fourth quarter. On January 4, Federal Reserve…
NEW ORLEANS - Here's an overview of New Year's Eve activities in the city: Downtown fireworks - Spectators along the east and west banks of the Mississippi River near downtown New Orleans will be able to see the 9 p.m…
NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Foundation released a study it said will provide a "roadmap" for how schools and community partners can increase resources, coordination, partnership and investments to improve student support and performance at NOLA Public Schools.…
METAIRIE - Gov. John Bel Edwards presented the Distinguished Merit Award to Tom Barnes, director of employment services at Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO), at the Leadership in Disabilities Awards ceremony in Baton Rouge. “From the time I was…
NEW YORK (AP) - To calculate a restaurant server’s tip, double the first number on the bill. A $62.47 tab gets a $12 tip. If the bill is more than $100, double the first two digits. That’s an example of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday shopping doesn’t end with Christmas. Shoppers can take advantage of fatter discounts on clothing, home decor and other items between Christmas and well into January. In fact, a National Retail Federation survey of nearly 8,000…
NEW YORK (AP) - Would you feel comfortable disclosing your bank account information on a personal loan application? What about your work history? Your college major? That’s what it could take to borrow money from some loan companies that consider…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A company that makes metal weather stripping and other building construction components is expanding its facility in central Louisiana and closing its plant in Alabama. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and AFCO Industries President and CEO…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Henry Smith walks past rows of kennels housing hundreds of Baton Rouge's lost and abandoned dogs. Some dogs poke their noses through the bars or bark loudly for attention while others sit quietly, uncertain of…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — After an election season in which conservative Republicans made Louisiana's high car insurance rates a campaign issue, GOP lawmakers expect efforts to try to limit damages awarded in car wreck lawsuits to be front and center…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With industrial hemp promoted as a new cash crop for struggling farmers, Louisiana's agriculture department is fast-tracking the regulations for the newly legal commodity, with the first grower licenses expected to win approval in February.…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana approved its first application to move a riverboat casino to land. The Gaming Control Board approved the application from the owners of a Lake Charles-area riverboat 18 months after the legislature decided that state-regulated…
