Baton Rouge-area students complete BASF TECH Academy
Fifteen Baton Rouge-area high school students recently completed BASF’s TECH Academy – a week-long educational and workforce development program hosted at River Parishes Community...
RPCC hosts STEM Night to raise awareness, connect industry
STEM Night, held last week at the River Parishes Community College Reserve Campus, served as a means to showcase RPCC’s Science, Technology, Engineering and...
Louisiana Oil & Gas Job Fair set for June 22 at Cajundome
Rigzone.com is holding a Louisiana Oil and Gas Job Fair on June 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cajundome Convention Center,...
Clean energy startup considering West Baton Rouge for $800M facility
Houston-based Arbor Renewable Gas LLC is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility employing carbon capture and...
BSEE conducts unannounced oil spill exercise off Louisiana coast
To ensure that oil and gas companies are prepared to respond quickly and effectively to an offshore oil spill, the Bureau of Safety and...
SLCC grant earmarked for industrial scaffolding, CDL, lineman training
SkillUp, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping displaced workers land in-demand jobs in high-growth industries, has awarded their first nationally-competitive grant of up to...
GBRIA recognizes winners of 2022 Safety Excellence Awards
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance announced the winners of its 26th Annual Safety Excellence Awards during an April 14 banquet at the L’Auberge...
Lake Charles, Baton Rouge construction jobs increase significantly over past year
Lake Charles was seventh in the country in construction job growth at 3,700 jobs between March 2021 and March 2022, while Baton Rouge added...
Louisiana has become carbon capture capital of the South
Louisiana has become the carbon capture capital of the South, propelled by federal funding promoting carbon dioxide sequestration technology, a governor focused on reducing...
More blue-collar workers making the leap to tech jobs
As the labor market reorders, more Americans are making the leap from blue-collar jobs and hourly work to “new collar” roles that often involve...
