The clock is ticking on the special session. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is reportedly planning to build a multi-billion dollar artificial data center near Holly Ridge in Richland Parish. The five billion dollar project would reportedly mean 500 jobs. For the project to become a reality, the Public Service Commission would have to approve three new natural gas power plants, which would provide power to the facility.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the state added 77-hundred jobs in October. L-W-C Economist Emily DiPalma says construction, private education and health services and manufacturing showed the largest gains over the month and Dipalma expects those industries to keep adding jobs…
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The Houma market added 500 jobs over the last month, 300 additional jobs for Lafayette and Shreveport, but Monroe lost 200 jobs.
Tulane University researchers are working on a nasal vaccine aimed at reducing the spread of whooping cough. Lead study author Lisa Morici (mo-REE-see) says the new vaccine combines the traditional pertussis antigens with an innovative adjuvant that boosts the body’s immune response, specifically in the respiratory tract.