Flags fly at half-staff in Louisiana Friday for Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Louisiana and U.S. flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff Friday for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed Aug. 29, 2025, as Hurricane Katrina Remembrance Day. He and...

‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid

Darren McKinney, the field operations director of lowernine.org, takes a break during a shift repairing a neighbor’s home in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward on 20 August 2025. Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When...

Gartner predicts an AI-fueled ‘lonely enterprise’ for finance workers if CFOs don’t take action

Good morning. Five years from now, traditional corporate finance may be a distant memory—and perhaps a bit lonelier for the workforce. Global research and advisory firm Gartner urges CFOs to act now to future-proof their teams and workflows. Why?...

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans still lags behind

NEW ORLEANS — Almost 20 years after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, a drive through New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward takes you past boarded homes, empty, overgrown lots and block after block where there are few people or houses. In 2005, 15,000...

Roblox Shares Slip Amid Legal Scrutiny and Mixed Market Signals

Roblox Corporation RBLX shares are on watch Friday as the stock faced competing pressures from analyst support, unusual options activity and ongoing legal challenges. What To Know: Earlier in the week, Wedbush reiterated its Outperform rating and...

CSP in Sarepta wins award from company

AUBURN HILLS, MI -- CSP has named its Sarepta, LA facility as one of five winners of its annual Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) Awards program. The Sarepta site is a five-time winner of the award. Now in its 10th year, CSP’s EH&S Awards...

Dallas Cowboys trade OL Asim Richards to New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Thrives Despite Challenges: A Story of Resilience

New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans, a city renowned for its vibrant arts, culture, and cuisine, has a history marked by resilience against numerous challenges including fires, wars, diseases, hurricanes, and even a terrorist attack. Lee Cowan...

Do I Need to Register My Business?

When starting a business, you might wonder whether you need to register it. Registration is often required for legal compliance and to protect your business name. For LLCs and corporations, it’s mandatory to register with the Secretary of State....

Louisiana-based solar company PosiGen lays off hundreds, shutters most operations. Here's why.

Louisiana solar panel installer PosiGen is laying off 166 local employees and ceasing most of its operations nationwide after facing a cash crunch amid rollbacks in federal renewable energy tax credits. The company, which operates facilities in...

Louisiana Workforce Commission holding reemployment meetings for Smitty's employees out of work

AMITE — The Louisiana Workforce Commission's Rapid Response Team has announced a series of reemployment resources to help employees out of work after the explosion at Smitty's Supply in Roseland last week. The LWC's Geaux Jobs is hosting four...

Report ranks Arizona 11th for high amount of financial fraud

(The Center Square) - A new report warns Arizonans will lose more than $4 billion to financial fraud this year. "The Impact of Financial Fraud in Arizona" is from Common Sense Institute, which reported Arizona had the nation's 11th highest fraud...

Zurich Classic of New Orleans generates record $3.6 million in charitable giving this year

April 24, 2025: during the first round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans TPC of Louisiana in New Orleans (Photo: Michael Bacigalupi). NEW ORLEANS – This year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans again set a record $3.6 million in charitable giving,...

Louisiana Governor: No ‘Immediate Danger’ After Auto Plant Fire

Following a massive fire on Friday at an automotive lubricant plant in southeast Louisiana, residents are reporting soot on cars and oily residue in nearby bodies of water. But Gov. Jeff Landry said that there is no indication of an “immediate...

After 23 years in the business, this Baton Rouge designer knows her curtains, what's trending

Kim Pitre used to design and install wallpaper. When that business was slowly going out of style in the 1990s, she moved to a more specialized craft: textiles and curtains. Not only are curtains important in design spaces to pull a room together...

Loan Calculator and Verification Tools; Event Calendar; Insurance Costs; Mortgage Banking Bound Interview

Loan Calculator and Verification Tools; Event Calendar; Insurance Costs; Mortgage Banking Bound Interview “The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.” Proportionality is important, whether in a restaurant or in a...

Atlanta Falcons' Trade Rumors Receive Concerning Update

By Matthew Schmidt is a sportswriter who covers NFL, MLB, NBA and college football and basketball. He has been writing professionally since 2011 and has also worked for On SI, Bleacher Report, FanRag Sports, ClutchPoints, NFLAnalysis.net and...

College football: Louisiana Tech opens fourth season of Cumbie era Saturday night at home

1 Louisiana Tech opens its season against Southeastern Saturday night at Origin Bank Field at Joe Aillet Stadium. Kickoff off is 6:30. Louisiana Tech is looking for its first winning season since 2019 when the Bulldogs went 10-3. Sonny Cumbie is...

College football: Louisiana Tech opens fourth season of Cumbie era Saturday at home

22 Louisiana Tech opens its season against Southeastern Saturday night at Origin Bank Field at Joe Aillet Stadium. Kickoff off is 6:30. Louisiana Tech is looking for its first winning season since 2019 when the Bulldogs went 10-3. Sonny Cumbie is...

Twenty years later, signs of life enter some of New Orleans' most blighted buildings

Across New Orleans, signs of Hurricane Katrina still pepper the city. Buildings that once stood as pillars of the community, now linger as reminders of what was lost. Billions of dollars in infrastructure are still waiting for new life, like...