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Abercrombie & Fitch Now Open at Lakeside Shopping Center

METAIRIE, La.– Abercrombie & Fitch is now open in the main mall across from the food court at Lakeside Shopping Center. The store features...

Global Freight and Logistics Firm Opens Second Louisiana Office

BATON ROUGE – From Louisiana Economic Development: Total Quality Logistics (TQL), the second-largest freight brokerage in North America and one of the largest global third-party...

Episode 205: James Martin Previews Louisiana’s First Wind Turbine

In April, a wind turbine and its components arrived in Louisiana after a transatlantic journey from Ireland. Gulf Wind Technology is preparing the onshore...

Lawmakers Discuss Ways to Lower Louisiana’s Auto Insurance Rates

BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers heard Thursday about the state's high auto insurance rates and discussed possible solutions.  Sen. Kirk Talbot, R-Jefferson,...

Traveling This Summer? Prepare for Packed Beaches and Long Lines

NEW YORK (AP) — Families want to travel this summer. A study from Booking.com reveals an 8% increase in searches for family accommodations for...

Powell Gives Possible Signal of Coming Rate Cut

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reinforced a message that the Fed is paying growing attention to a slowing job...

Episode 204: Tulane’s Fariba Mamaghani Explains How Utilities Can Build Electric Grids That Can Withstand Extreme Weather Events

Electric grids in Louisiana and nationwide are aging. Meanwhile, extreme weather events are increasing. That means utilities need to invest in new technologies to...

St. Tammany Corporation Relaunches Digital Publication

MANDEVILLE, La. – On July 8, St. Tammany Corporation relaunched The AnalyST, a quarterly digital publication that researches economic trends. The AnalyST is a...

Port NOLA Buys Uptown Warehouse

NEW ORLEANS – On July 2, The Port of New Orleans announced that it has purchased for $6.6 million a 210,000-square-foot warehouse located at...

How to Keep Guns Off Bourbon Street? Designate a Police Station as a School

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A police station in New Orleans' French Quarter will be designated a vocational technical school in a move that will...

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