The Current

For another year in a row, Louisiana producers are facing labor shortages that threaten their productivity and, in some cases, their continued operation. From sugar mills to crawfish processors, agriculture businesses are sounding the alarm over a lack of H-2B visas for migrant workers.

Producers and industry leaders tell The Current the shortage threatens industri...

If you ask Nick Cline, we live on the worst possible timeline. “The world of existence is the worst it’s been,” he says with a dose of zeal, sitting in his Franklin home surrounded by books about great American activists like Abbie Hoffman.

The 24-year-old musician and music manager definitely isn’t alone. Gen Z is famously hopeless, some might say for good reason...

LNG company Venture Global plans to bring its first Cameron Parish data center online as soon as late 2028 or early 2029, company leadership announced in an earnings call this week.

The company plans to purchase one power plant unit and associated grid equipment before the end of 2026, with a second purchase planned for early 2027, powering the first 250 megawatts...

Since the abrupt eviction at the Express Inn and the notice of impending closure at the Plantation Motor Inn one month ago, the former residents of both motels have scattered across the city.

A young mother and her son are living week by week in a hotel, waiting for their rental assistance to come through so they can pay the security deposit on an apartment.

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A vote on whether to permit a new bar downtown turned into a full-on moratorium on Downtown bar permits Tuesday night.

City council members voted 3-2 to deny the permit for Plush Syndicate, a proposed nightclub that became part of a debate over capacity constraints, policing and the need for tighter regulation downtown. 

With Plush Syndicate, applicant Qu...