Economic Development

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (605+ words) Graduates stand during the May 16, 2025, commencement ceremony at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, held at the Cajundome. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator) Some Louisianians could see their tax bills triple — the biggest increase in the country — following the expiration of…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (568+ words) Louisiana is expected to add 55,000 jobs over the next two years, driven by a boom in industrial construction projects across the state including data centers, liquefied natural gas plants and SpaceX’s massive launch facility, according to an economic forecast released…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (WVVA) — Virginia has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for workforce training, Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced. The Virginia Talent Accelerator Program earned the top spot in the annual Business Facilities Rankings Report for the fourth straight year, part…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (68+ words) Avio breaks ground on a Virginia solid rocket motor plant, boosting U.S. defense supply for Lockheed and Raytheon programs. BarashenkovAnton/iStock via Getty Images Avio (AVVSY)(AVVOF) said Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary has broken ground on a 900,000-square-foot solid rocket motor…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (201+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana’s initial unemployment insurance claims remained nearly 19% below last year’s level despite a weekly increase, according to figures Louisiana Works released Friday. Initial claims totaled 1,204 for the week ending Sept. 19, up 55 from the previous week’s 1,149. That was…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (310+ words) While Dominion and NextEra have taken steps to make their proposed merger sweeter for the public, experts in the field of energy law say it may not matter much. That’s because of the language of Virginia’s merger law. In Virginia…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency, allowing Louisiana farmers and timber harvesters to use dyed diesel currently in their possession. Dyed diesel is regular diesel fuel dyed red to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) President Trump has joined Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry in supporting a temporary ban on diesel exports as way to lower all-time high prices, though oil and gas industry officials say the policy could make prices for the fuel even more…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (725+ words) K16 Solutions Inc. and the University of Louisiana System today announced a significant expansion of Scaffold DataX, extending the automated data warehouse and reporting platform to the remaining five UL System campuses: McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University,…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (167+ words) Noble Plastics CEO Missy Rogers, left, spoke with Jan Swift of the Discover Lafayette podcast. Louisiana has a great opportunity to grow its manufacturing sector, Noble Plastics CEO Missy Rogers said. Speaking with Jan Swift of the Discover Lafayette podcast,…...