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Auto insurance companies in Louisiana ought to follow the lead of Allstate and Geico in reducing rates, state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said Tuesday.
Medical marijuana pharmacies across Louisiana may deliver medication to patients during the coronavirus pandemic. The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy issued the guidance in mid-March after pharmacists at medical marijuana locations reached out for hel…
The Louisiana Association of Health Plans is challenging state mandates being imposed on health insurance companies during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Two local technology startups in Baton Rouge are collaborating to manufacture reusable N95 masks for health care workers.
A survey of Louisiana oil and gas business found more than 23,000 jobs in the industry are at immediate risk because of the back-to-back blows caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the oil glut generated by Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Banks and small business owners were still sorting Monday through repeated changes to requirements for a federal lending program aimed at keeping businesses and their employees afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Contractor McDermott International Inc. said it has completed Entergy Louisiana LLC's Lake Charles Power Station in Lake Charles and turned it over to Entergy to begin commercial operations.
U.S. grocery and food delivery workers are insisting employers pay them more.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, the largest health insurer in the state, is waiving out of pocket costs for coronavirus testing and medical care for in-network health care providers.
Within 30 minutes of a statewide stay-at-home order being issued on a Sunday, planning started on just one day’s notice to transform a staff of 160 into remote workers. By the close of business Monday, employees at BBQGuys were prepped and overnig…
The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on Canal Street, used to house first responders in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, has been leased by the state to serve as another spillover medical facility to handle the city's surge in coronavirus patients, s…
The coronavirus pandemic is causing local internet service providers and cable companies to see a steep increase in the amount of data customers are consuming.
Some local union leaders are angered that dozens of workers have been brought in from Texas to help convert the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center into a medical facility to deal with the coronavirus crisis, at a time when hundreds of their member…
Credit executive Darren Guidry began Friday like many other bankers across Louisiana and the U.S.: preparing for an onslaught of small businesses applying for a new federal lending program aimed at keeping them afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.
National grocery retailers including Walmart, Target and Winn-Dixie will start limiting how many people are allowed inside stores at one time this weekend to help control the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisiana is producing thousands of bottles of hard-to-find hand sanitizer, thanks to a quickly assembled collaboration among state agencies and three manufacturers donating the ingredients.
Covington-based Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection soon.
Lamar Advertising said it is cutting spending on new digital displays by more than half, freezing hiring and reevaluating planned shareholder dividends because of the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
State officials created a small business loan program and seeded the fund with $50 million for companies with fewer than 100 employees impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Firms with ties to Amazon have followed through with the purchase of a 34.3-acre site on Bethany Church's Industriplex campus, where construction has begun on a large warehouse.
Businesses interested in new federal loans known as the Paycheck Protection Program can start their paperwork so they can apply as soon as Friday.
Venture capital investing dropped to $130 million across startup companies in Louisiana in 2019 from $191 million in 2018.
Canadian methanol manufacturer Methanex Corp. is deferring $500 million of capital spending on its third methanol plant in Geismar for the next 18 months due to "significant uncertainty" in the global economy stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
White Star Market, the Government Street food hall, has permanently closed.
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, which has been tracking economic indicators during the coronavirus pandemic, stood up a dashboard which displays various data points such as hotel occupancy rates, fuel prices and unemployment claims.
An Australian company planning a liquefied natural gas export facility near Lake Charles has had an initial bridge loan deal fall through that was supposed to keep it afloat until the publicly traded business could be taken private by a company in…
Canadian methanol manufacturer Methanex Corp. is evaluating all its expenses, including its proposed $1.4 billion methanol plant in Ascension Parish, amid decreased demand for methanol in the past few months.
A webinar on the provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act is being hosted by the Louisiana Technology Park and entrepreneur support organization NexusLA.
Off The Hook, a Thibodaux-based restaurant chain, plans to open in Gonzales this summer, giving the chain its fourth location.
Baton Rouge bars won’t lose their liquor license for failing to pay taxes.
An oil price war and the coronavirus causing a collapse in the global economy have smacked Louisiana’s oil and gas industry with a devastating one-two punch.
Shell pulled out of a multibillion-dollar deal to renovate a liquefied natural gas terminal in Calcasieu Parish amid uncertain market conditions.
A new emergency state order stops insurance companies from canceling any type of policy in Louisiana during the coronavirus pandemic as long as policyholders keep paying premiums.
Grocery store clerks, cashiers and pharmacists continue to work while coronavirus spreads through Louisiana, risking their health to provide essential services.
The Carpenter Health Network has promoted Ray Forrester to director of the Carpenter Health for Life Wellness Program.
Film production in Louisiana has pretty much shut down, not because "it's a wrap" on completed movies and TV episodes, but in response to the coronavirus.
Financial institutions across Louisiana have been fielding calls from businesses and individuals about their options to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, while awaiting a $2 trillion federal aid package that passed Congress Friday.
Louisiana's nonfarm employment declined by 4,500 jobs over the 12 months through February, a 0.3% drop, led by job losses in construction and manufacturing.
The Louisiana Economic Development department, which is typically focused on attracting businesses to the state, has pivoted to recovery support for companies in Louisiana during the coronavirus pandemic.
Shell pulled out of a multibillion-dollar deal to renovate a liquefied natural gas terminal in Calcasieu Parish amid uncertain market conditions.
A new emergency state order stops insurance companies from canceling any type of policy in Louisiana during the coronavirus pandemic as long as policyholders keep paying premiums.
Grocery store clerks, cashiers and pharmacists continue to work while coronavirus spreads through Louisiana, risking their health to provide essential services.
The Carpenter Health Network has promoted Ray Forrester to director of the Carpenter Health for Life Wellness Program.
Film production in Louisiana has pretty much shut down, not because "it's a wrap" on completed movies and TV episodes, but in response to the coronavirus.
The Federal Reserve will become a major lender to big companies in Louisiana that are strapped for cash and need to borrow money to offset the economic fallout from the coronavirus, as part of the $2.2 trillion congressional stimulus bill passed Friday.
As New Orleans and Louisiana continues its battle to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, several supermarkets have announced plans for how they'll do that within their own buildings.
Financial institutions across Louisiana have been fielding calls from businesses and individuals about their options to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, while awaiting a $2 trillion federal aid package that passed Congress Friday.
Louisiana's nonfarm employment declined by 4,500 jobs over the 12 months through February, a 0.3% drop, led by job losses in construction and manufacturing.
The Louisiana Economic Development department, which is typically focused on attracting businesses to the state, has pivoted to recovery support for companies in Louisiana during the coronavirus pandemic.
Don't blame manufacturers for that empty toilet paper shelf at the grocery store. Plants like Georgia-Pacific just north of Baton Rouge are running at full tilt — even finding ways to churn out more of what's become a hot commodity in a stay-at-ho…
A range of emergency measures are being taken by the Visit Baton Rouge board of directors to allow the office to keep operating during the coronavirus pandemic.