Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta, will build a massive 10-ten billion dollar artificial intelligence data center in Rayville in Richland Parish. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says a project of this magnitude usually takes years of negotiations. but talks with Meta only took months. She says Louisiana Community and Technical College System has committed 250-thousand dollars in Workforce Rapid Response….
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The project is expected to create 500 or more direct jobs.
The five-day shopping period from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday delivered promising results for retailers, especially in e-commerce. U.S. online sales reached 41-billion-dollars. LSU Associate Professor of Marketing Dan Rice says online shopping saw significant growth, reflecting a steady shift toward mobile commerce.
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Senator Bill Cassidy has a primary challenger for 2026. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter has become the first vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in our nation’s capitol. Carter says he looks forward to being the voice of people who have historically been marginalized and says, while America has come a long way in providing opportunity for minorities, there’s still a long way to go.