Scott Walker named new president, CEO of Chamber SWLA
The Chamber SWLA/Alliance, a leading regional economic development organization, has appointed Scott Walker as its new president and CEO, reports the American Press.
Walker, who...
Manufacturing sector still struggling to find workers
While other sectors of the economy have recovered from pandemic-era labor shortages, plant owners are struggling to fill open positions at factories, The Wall...
What Trump says about ongoing negotiations with the dockworkers union
President-elect Donald Trump voiced his support last week for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports,...
Streamlined processes help Louisiana contractors strike a balance between safety and productivity
Contractors are engaged in a classic struggle between productivity and prudence as they ramp up manpower in Louisiana’s swiftly growing industrial space.
As they strive...
Clean Hydrogen Works taps McDermott as designer of Ascension Parish ammonia project
Clean Hydrogen Works announced on Thursday that it had awarded McDermott the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Ascension Clean Energy (ACE)...
Could a second Trump term spur oil and gas hiring? What a Louisiana recruiter...
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office could result in an uptick in oil and gas hiring—at least at first.
That’s according to Dave...
Ports and unionized dockworkers are in negotiations―again
Unionized dockworkers resumed labor talks last week with employers at ports across the nation as the deadline for a new contract looms two months...
Reform proposals won’t change Louisiana’s most lucrative tax break
While many of the state’s tax breaks face the ax as Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax reform proposal swaps them for lower income tax rates,...
ABC executive Jeb Bruneau meets workforce challenges head on
Some of Jeb Bruneau’s earliest memories are of his father–long-time state legislator Peppi Bruneau–standing up for right-to-work legislation in the 1970s.
It was a critical...
Louisiana’s multipronged push toward industrial- and utility-scale solar is making big waves
First Solar’s Georges Antoun can hardly contain his excitement about the future of the state’s solar energy market.
What began as a trickle could soon...
