Meta announced the launch of America’s Workforce Academy, a nationwide AI infrastructure jobs training program with a pilot academy in Baton Rouge. Meta Director of U.S. Policy Diana Doukas says the program will pay participants to train in a variety of jobs..
The academy requires no prior experience and provides tuition, airfare and lodging. For more information go to meta-dot-com.
Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the state needs to address rising auto insurance rates for commercial drivers. Temple says there were several bills in the recently completed legislative session that could have helped. Including a measure that said expert witnesses brought in to testify in a trial can only receive a fee for payment.
The House approved that bill, but it was never heard in the Senate,
Gabe Firment has been in the Louisiana House of Representatives for more than six years now. Could he have his sights set on something bigger, like the U.S. House of Representatives? The Republican from Grant Parish says several people have reached out to him asking him if he’d be interested in running for the open seat in the fifth district.
Cut 6 (12) “…an intriguing opportunity.”
Monroe Representative Michael Echols is expected to run for the 5th district congressional seat.
The Louisiana America 250 commission is hosting a free Fourth of July concert in downtown Baton Rouge. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says there will be live music in Repentance Park starting at 2 p.m. and culminating with a big fireworks show over the Mississippi River…
The concert will feature performances from local stars Amanda Shaw, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., John Schneider and Wayne Toups