Insight: Environmental considerations in project development
Environmental considerations can determine the success or failure of a commercial or industrial project. They should be carefully evaluated at the earliest planning stages...
Insight: Cracking down on misclassification, payroll fraud
The year 2017 presents a rare opportunity for the Fraud Unit of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration and the Office of Unemployment Insurance,...
Insight: Keeping Louisiana competitive
Louisiana’s erratic tax system places us at a perennial disadvantage when in competition to attract business investment and development.
For decades now, the Legislature has...
Insight: New Year’s resolutions
It’s that time of year again, where we all make plans to enrich our lives—to become healthier, wealthier and wiser. For some, it may...
David Dismukes: Reading the tea leaves
On Nov. 30, OPEC heralded a new agreement to reduce the cartel’s collective production, in concert with many other large producing, non-OPEC states, by...
Insight: Sue or get out of the way
On Sept. 21, 2016, a letter was signed and sent by Gov. John Bel Edwards to multiple coastal parishes in the state of Louisiana...
Insight: Increasing awareness, guidance and insight among construction firms
Based on fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time workers, the four most dangerous occupations are loggers, fishermen, aircraft pilots and extraction workers, according to...
Other ways in which the energy world is changing
Over the past two years, most energy market discussions have focused almost exclusively on production, or supply-oriented factors impacting global energy markets.
Supply-side trends, particularly...
Insight: Tax changes take aim at industry
So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer...
Insight: Our structural workforce gap
Despite years of attention, a large share of Louisiana’s population continues to live in poverty at the same time that business and industry is...
