economic development

The city’s new initiative aims to attract jobs and investment to New Orleans East, but key questions remain about funding, timelines, and implementation.

An investigation from the Gulf States Newsroom found that trucks contracted to work at the Meta facility are causing delays and dangerous roads in Holly Ridge.

The state wants to switch its focus from job numbers to higher salaries.

State leaders have lauded the beginning of two new projects, but some industry experts said they come with big power demands and few permanent jobs.

According to new research shared exclusively with Floodlight, in Louisiana’s majority Black communities in the area known as “Cancer Alley,” because of its high concentration of polluting industries, the majority of jobs go to white workers. Similar disparities occur in minority-dominant communities along Texas’ Gulf Coast, where the majority of workers are white.

City officials and developers have big plans for Tulane Avenue. The rough patch of old Airline Highway will hold two new hospitals, and a planned…

State plans to shut down the low-cost bus from Baton Rouge to New Orleans may harm economic ties between the cities. According to a survey released

This week the city unveiled a public-private venture to grow the local economy, called Prosperity NOLA. Rod Miller is CEO of the New Orleans Business…

The former head of the North Louisiana Economic Partnership, Kurt Foreman, is keeping a close eye on the rebuilding process in tornado-ravaged Moore,...