economic development

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,...

The Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance has hired a regional food systems planner to create a marketplace that encourages the buying and...

The New Orleans Business Alliance is receiving a $1 million Economic Development Administration grant to help fund the development and implementation of a…

Ameritas Technologies says it will open an information technology center in Baton Rouge creating 300 jobs.The startup company's CEO, Brian Keene, said…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials and business leaders plan to start a three-day conference tomorrow in New Orleans with their counterparts from…