Bollinger Shipyards plans to close its operations in New Orleans
Bollinger Shipyards is closing its operations in New Orleans and plans to shift the work to its larger facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,...
Capital Region manufacturing sector sees record high job numbers
Baton Rouge’s manufacturing industry saw a record high 30,900 jobs in June, according to the latest numbers from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s monthly...
Energy companies are scrambling to attract petroleum engineers
Even as oil and gas companies post record profits, the industry is facing a worsening talent drought, The Wall Street Journal reports.
At U.S. colleges, the pool...
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...
