Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts. Damage ...

Meta Platforms plans to invest up to $65 billion in AI projects in 2025, including its massive new data center in Richland Parish and expanded AI team hiring, Bloomberg reports. The data center, set ...

Taking aim at New Orleans and its reputation for violent crime, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy introduced his “Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act” in the upper chamber Thursday. The bill would require district ...

At their December meeting, U.S. Federal Reserve officials expressed concern about inflation remaining above the 2% target and the job market showing signs of weakness, Reuters reports. However, when ...

Prominent Baton Rouge injury attorney Gordon McKernan and local restaurateur Ozzie Fernandez are partnering to bring Court to Table, a new bar, restaurant and pickleball concept, to the former site of ...

Alan Walter, a Baton Rouge mixologist and former City Group Hospitality consultant, has been named a 2025 James Beard Award ...

Louisiana’s electric grid is facing reliability issues and rising costs due to extreme weather and increased electricity demand, with 47 weather-related disasters since 2014 causing a total of more ...

East Baton Rouge Parish schools will remain closed on Friday because of the winter storm. Schools in West Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes will also remain closed. LSU’s campus will reopen on Friday ...

Missing your fave restaurant yet? We feel you. We’re going on more than 48 hours snowed in following a rare winter storm that has shut down much of the city’s infrastructure, 225 Magazine reports. But ...

A New Orleans-based holding company recently acquired the property containing the Central Oil & Supply facility on North ...

As mental health awareness continues to grow and mental health resources become more accessible, there is a growing ...

Baton Rouge’s Community Coffee plans to introduce new products, coffee flavors, and education and advocacy efforts this year.