A third facility, not officially part of Amazon’s original $12 billion investment announced in February, will bring the total project value to $18 million.

State regulators will decide next month whether to add a small fee to monthly electricity bills from Louisiana’s three major utility companies. The Public Service Commission postponed a vote planned Wednesday on what they’ve labeled a nuclear tariff. It would add a 20-cent fee to the monthly bills of all Entergy Louisiana, Cleco and SWEPCO […]

Social media giant Meta gets to keep records for its projected $50 billion data center secret after state utility regulators overturned a judge’s order to make them public.  The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 3-1 Wednesday to overrule its administrative judge’s order that required Meta to disclose how it calculated publicized job projections and electricity […]

The Louisiana Public Service Commission will decide Wednesday whether Meta can keep its records on its artificial intelligence data center project in Richland Parish secret from the public.  Environmental and consumer groups have pressed state utility regulators to require Meta provide more information about its massive data center taking shape at its Hyperion campus in […]

A new state law prohibits merchants from adding surcharges to debit card transactions, but critics say the ban actually benefits the banks and credit card companies that created the fees.  Supporters of Act 751, which took effect Aug. 1, have promoted the measure as a consumer protection law that bars merchants from imposing surcharges specifically […]

We now know how much some State Farm auto insurance policy holders can expect to receive when the company sends out special dividends in the coming months. The Louisiana Department of Insurance said Thursday that State Farm’s preferred customers (not high-risk) with a private passenger auto policy in effect as of Dec. 31, 2025, can […]

Louisiana could be home to one of a handful of new locations the Trump administration envisions to manage the full life cycle of nuclear energy.  The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Louisiana and four other states as potential sites for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. Each would handle the enrichment of radioactive materials, deployment of […]

Individuals and businesses in Louisiana should make sure they’ve received any tax refunds they’re owed from the state before they are declared “unclaimed property,” the state Revenue Department says.  

Around 200 Vermilion Parish residents packed the Abbeville Rotary Club’s largest meeting in its 90-year history Wednesday, hoping to have their questions answered and learn new details on a rumored aerospace company land deal on the parish’s coast They received some answers and plenty of reassurances from their representative in the Louisiana Senate, Bob Hensgens. […]