Eighteen Louisiana high school students complete BASF’s TECH Academy
Eighteen area high school students recently completed BASF's TECH academy, a week-long educational and workforce development program hosted at River Parishes Community College (RPCC),...
Area industrial contractors are creating new solutions for an old and worsening labor problem
Jeramiah Blum knew something had to be done. In 2021, MMR Group’s vice president of estimating lost the bulk of his estimating department in...
Grand Isle Shipyard consolidating Baton Rouge area offices in a new campus
Galliano-based Grand Isle Shipyard, an oil and gas services company, is planning to consolidate its Capital Region operations with a new campus along Innovation Drive.
Todd...
Budding U.S. offshore wind industry facing rough seas
Just as the U.S. is plunging into the deep end of offshore wind energy development, the nascent domestic industry is facing major supply chain...
Does the Capital Region have the workforce to lead the energy transition?
The Capital Region has one of the highest concentrations of chemical engineers in the country, with more in the pipeline to replace those who...
BLS Report: Louisiana worker productivity plummets by more than 6 percent
U.S. worker productivity has dropped significantly, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, leaving some economists alarmed by the decrease in a measure that...
Baton Rouge nonprofit launches program to enhance prison-to-workforce pipeline
A Baton Rouge-based nonprofit has received a federal grant to connect soon-to-be-released incarcerated people with potential employers.
Advocates with the Louisiana Parole Project say the Employment Enhancement...
Department of Energy taps UL Lafayette to lead solar workforce project
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette announced last week that it is among 12 entities – and the only university – selected for a...
Advance notices filed for new Exxon-affiliated recycling facility
Advance notices were filed with the state on Friday for a new recycling facility that would process plastics that are traditionally hard to break...
Louisiana begins negotiating three bids for wind farm projects
Foreign developers have already made proposals to establish wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico that would be managed by Louisiana, reports Governing.com. The...
