Another major sporting event is coming to New Orleans. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Smitty’s Supply in Roseland is facing at least five lawsuits because of last Friday’s explosion and fire at the oil and lubricant plant. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The mayor of Ruston is beaming with pride over the announcement that Radiance Technologies is building a microchip packaging site in the city. Mayor Ronny Walker says the company’s arrival will spur future economic development in the city.
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The facility is expected to create about 150 jobs with salaries averaging about 85-thousand dollars a year. Mayor Walker says he hopes those jobs will be filled by people not only already in the state, but also by people already attending Louisiana Tech.
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Mayor Walker says one big challenge with attracting new companies and, in effect, creating hundreds of new jobs is figuring out where those new employees are going to live.
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The Radiance facility is expected to be completed by the summer of 2027.
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LIV Golf is coming to New Orleans. Governor Landry was on hand to announce that the South Course at New Orleans’ City Park will host a LIV Golf tournament June 26th through the 28th of next year. During the announcement, Landry said New Orleans was meant to host a golf tournament like the ones LIV Golf puts on.
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The event announcing the tournament had an atmosphere more akin to WWE wrestling than professional golf, and LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil said fans attending the tournament can expect much of the same.
Among the big names expected to play in the tournament is Gulf Coast native Bubba Watson, and he said he can’t wait to play in New Orleans.
The three-day tournament will take place at the South Course at New Orleans City Park Bayou Oaks, which will be renovated by former LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman.
Louisiana Economic Development says the event will generate a significant economic impact for the region, support 11-hundred jobs and deliver an estimated 40-million dollars to the local economy.
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A nonprofit organization known as Patient Rights Advocate says a recent study found that only six out of 39 hospitals in Louisiana comply with a 2019 Executive Order calling for greater transparency in pricing and quality of services. Beth Branley is a supporter of Patient-Rights Advocate-dot-org…
The American Hospital Association says hospitals and health systems have invested significant time and resources to comply with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule. The A-H-A says according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, compliance has been growing rapidly and the Patient Rights Advocate report blatantly mischaracterizes hospitals compliance.
But Branley says the report clearly points out that most Louisiana hospitals are failing to comply with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule…
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Branley says if you are getting a surgery at a hospital, get the costs before your visit and that information should be provided to you….