A Baton Rouge jury recently awarded $411 million to a Texas scaffolding contractor hit on the head by a heavy metal pipe in a work accident at a Lake Charles refinery, a verdict believed by his ...

Trump wants the U.S. to make more aluminum. In Louisiana, home to the only domestic producer of a material essential to that process, some say a ramp-up would take years and worsen pollution.

Louisiana is one the most dangerous states in the U.S. for workers. The Trump administration plans to close its lone ...

“As long-standing members of the North Baton Rouge community, we are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for our neighbors and employees,” said Regina Davis, ExxonMobil Complex Refinery ...

became the last U.S. refinery of its kind after another one 20 miles away closed in 2020. On the banks of the Mississippi River halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Atalco’s 550 workers ...