10+ hour, 12+ min ago   (287+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana returned a record $70.9 million in unclaimed property to residents, businesses and other rightful owners during fiscal year 2026, the highest annual total in the state's history, according to State Treasurer John Fleming. The total surpassed the previous…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (418+ words) (The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday authorized the Southwest Power Pool to activate emergency generation to avert grid-wide rolling blackouts across 14 states—including parts of North Louisiana—as severe heat drove historic demand for electricity. The Southwest…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (312+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana will begin enforcing a series of new artificial intelligence laws Aug. 1 that expand criminal penalties for AI-generated sexual images, require disclosures on certain political advertisements created with artificial intelligence and establish procedures for using AI-generated evidence…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (357+ words) (The Center Square) – Mitsubishi Corp. finalized a $7.5 billion acquisition of Dallas-based Aethon Energy Management’s Haynesville Shale assets this week, as another Japanese conglomerate moved to secure natural gas from northwest Louisiana for its LNG supply chain. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi is the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (803+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana has recruited some of the world’s largest technology companies without establishing statewide rules for how their data centers should be valued for property taxes. A proposal before the Louisiana Tax Commission seeks to fill that gap…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (374+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana finished the first full fiscal year under its 2024 tax overhaul with major state revenues down $934 million from the previous year. Higher sales tax collections failed to offset steep declines in individual and corporate income taxes, according…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (391+ words) (The Center Square) - Argent LNG signed an agreement Wednesday with Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz Group to explore supplying liquefied natural gas from its proposed Lafourche Parish export terminal to Central and Eastern Europe, marking the company's latest effort to secure overseas…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (267+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry is reminding voters that races and propositions scheduled for Saturday will proceed as planned, except for U.S. House races, which have been canceled and moved to the fall election cycle. State…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (410+ words) (The Center Square) —Louisiana Black Caucus members and Democratic lawmakers criticized Republican state leaders Monday over two election-related disputes: the suspension of congressional primaries and a plan to merge the Orleans Parish criminal and civil clerks of court. Speaking at…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (370+ words) (The Center Square) − Louisiana officials on Tuesday formally launched the state’s first Nuclear Strategic Framework, pitching nuclear energy as both a power solution and an economic development play as Louisiana tries to keep pace with rising electricity demand. Tied to…...