3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (492+ words) Nearly 80% of Louisiana child care providers say their operating costs exceed revenue during at least some months, highlighting growing financial and staffing pressures across an industry that supports the state’s workforce, according to a new survey. The Louisiana Policy Institute…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (497+ words) Nolan Mckendry, The Center Square//September 10, 2026// New Orleans is aiming to fully absorb the Sewerage and Water Board into city government by 2028, moving beyond the oversight changes enacted this year toward eventually operating the century-old utility as a city department....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (553+ words) Commercial real estate sales across Orleans and Jefferson parishes climbed sharply during the first half of 2026, with transaction volume reaching $683.7 million, according to a new report from Louisiana commercial real estate brokerage ELIFIN. The report identified 306 commercial property sales during…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (552+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// September 9, 2026// Chemin à la Mer moves, Miss River closes at Four Seasons New Orleans Chemin à la Mer, chef Donald Link’s restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans, will move to the hotel’s first floor Sept. 23 with…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (426+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// September 9, 2026// New Orleans utility elects first citizen president The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans elected Jonathan Stewart as its president Wednesday, making him the first citizen board member in decades to hold the position as…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (420+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// September 9, 2026// Disney family foundation invests in New Orleans venture firm The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation has invested in New Orleans-based Corridor Ventures, adding a national investor to the early-stage venture capital firm as it targets…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (541+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// September 9, 2026// Entergy, Ampirical invest $1.5M in LSU New Orleans Entergy and Ampirical are investing a combined $1.5 million in LSU New Orleans to modernize the university’s power and energy research laboratory and expand training for students pursuing engineering and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (548+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// September 9, 2026// Louisiana invests $2M in Northshore business park expansion Louisiana Economic Development is investing $2 million to expand Gulf South Commerce Park in St. Tammany Parish, a project that will add more than 300 acres to the Northshore business campus…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (737+ words) On paper, a select group of Louisiana university leaders has been tasked with finding ways to maximize one of the state’s premier scientific research institutes. Unofficially, they are in the middle of a political tug-of-war over who will control an…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (672+ words) Misty Castile, The Center Square//September 8, 2026// Louisiana’s top public defender says the state’s indigent defense system needs a new source of stable funding after a Legislative Auditor report found 12 district public defender offices spent more than they received during the…...