Discussions are underway about forming a new organiziation to rival the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Chevron North America has informed the Louisiana Workforce Commission about possible layoffs at five office locations in Covington and Lafayette. Eric Gill reports…
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New Orleans attorney Caroline Fayard is the first Democrat to enter Louisiana’s US Senate race. Fayard has never held political office, but did run for Lt. Governor in 2010. Fayard says she’s running for the Senate because she doesn’t want the rest of the country to take Louisiana for granted and that starts in Washington, D.C….
A release from her campaign describes Fayard as a “pro-life, pro-business Democrat.” She believes there are too many career politicians in Congress and voters are upset with the level of service they’re getting from their government…
CUT 4 (07) “American families”
She says this election isn’t about politics, it’s about what is right for the people of Louisiana. Political pundits have said Fayard’s chances of winning would be greatly increased if she remains the only major Democrat in the race. But Fayard welcomes the competition…
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Chevron North America informs the Louisiana Workforce Commission of possible layoffs at five office locations in Covington and Lafayette. A total of 385 employees could be affected, 340 at the office locations and 45 offshore workers. Eric Smith, Associate Director at the Tulane Energy Institute, says the low oil prices initially impacted independent oil producers, but now major companies are feeling the affects…
Chevron says the cuts will begin April 4th and should be complete by June 7th. Smith believes the layoffs are primarily coming in upstream business, which is what they call the process of drilling and operations in getting oil out of the ground…
The company says they will help laid-off employees find jobs in other Chevron locations and offer severance packages to those unable to find one. Smith expects even more layoffs are coming…
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Discussions have started about forming another high school athletic association. It’s in response to a vote by member principals of the LHSAA who decided to expand the championship split to basketball, baseball and softball. Former commissioner of administration, Paul Rainwater, organized a meeting with several high school principals and A-D’s to discuss what it would take to form a new organization…
One possible hurdle is that the National Federation of State High School Associations recognizes just one high school association in each state and that’s currently the LHSAA. Rainwater says that’s a challenge they can overcome…
Rainwater says more meetings will take place in the coming weeks. He plans to have a constitution and structure ready to present to interested schools in May…
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It’s a big Mardi Gras weekend across Louisiana and State Police want it to be a safe one, especially on our highways. Trooper Melissa Matey says they have zero tolerance for drunk drivers, so make sure there’s a sober driver at the wheel…
Matey says if you are enjoying the parades with your children, have a plan in place in case you get separated from your kids…
Matey says they are also asking the public to take advantage of the see something, send something app in case you spot something that doesn’t seem right….
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