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Apr 4, 2024
What is the economic fallout of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse?
The Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has trapped vessels in the Port of Baltimore and halted all traffic in or out, until...
Apr 4, 2024
Visa, MasterCard Agree to Lower Swipe Fees in New $30 billion settlement
Visa and Mastercard have come to terms with an estimated $30 billion settlement aimed at reducing credit and debit card fees for...
Apr 2, 2024
Hope for crawfish in Louisiana
In a normal year, crawfish are abundant and cheap for Easter, but this year is entirely different. Due to drought, freezes and salt water...
Mar 29, 2024
A solar-power plane being tested off the Mississippi coast is pushing the limits of flight
Deep in the piney woods of south Mississippi, an aerospace company is pushing the boundaries of solar-powered flight. Working from a...
Mar 28, 2024
Stricken by freeze and record drought, Louisiana honey producers saw yields slashed in 2023
The beginning of 2023 started strong for Steve Bernard, owner of a Henderson-based bee farm and producer of Bernard's Acadiana Honey. A...
Mar 28, 2024
Workers at 5th Louisiana Starbucks vote to join union
Employees at a Starbucks in Sulphur voted unanimously to join a union, the fifth location in the state where a union election was...
Mar 26, 2024
LSU to Drill Carbon Capture Research Well on Campus
BATON ROUGE (Louisiana Illuminator) — LSU’s College of Engineering will soon drill a new well on campus to research carbon capture,...
Mar 26, 2024
Louisiana oil tax cut passes state House
In an attempt to revitalize the state’s oil industry, the state House has passed a bill to cut the oil severance tax rate by 4 percentage...
Mar 25, 2024
Low-Interest Federal Loans Now Available for Louisiana Drought Victims
The U.S. Small Business Administration is providing low-interest federal disaster loans to small businesses that have suffered economic...
Mar 21, 2024
US Has Its First Large Offshore Wind Farm, with More to Come
NEW YORK (AP) — America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for...
Mar 21, 2024
End to Government spending fight could come to a close soon
Congressional leaders presented the highly anticipated government funding package early on Thursday, which includes six bills and spans...
Mar 19, 2024
WSJ: Patients Lose Access to Weight-Loss Drugs as Employers Stop Coverage
Employers that embraced paying for weight-loss drugs are now reckoning with the high costs, forcing growing numbers to dial back or cut...
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