Louisiana remains one of the most business-friendly states in the nation, ranking No. 5 in Area Development magazine’s annual Top States for Doing Business survey. Michael Farrar reports…:
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Higher Education Commissioner Joe Rallo says the first LaSTEM council meeting was a success. Emelie Gunn has more…
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One month from today is the general election for the State Treasurer’s Race. Jeff Palermo reports the candidates are becoming more active..
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The Oil and Gas Industry is helping with recovery efforts in Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association Chris John says when Harvey hit, it knocked out about 12-percent of the refining capacity for this nation. He says when times are tough, the oil and gas sector steps up to the plate.
Exxon Mobil led the way by donating 9.5 million dollars to the Red Cross and the United Way of Houston. John says the oil and gas industry is such a big part of the Gulf Coast and Louisiana, but many times goes unrecognized for its good deeds.
John says they are making progress with getting Texas refineries back on line. He says Louisiana has tried to produce as much product as possible while Texas plants are recovering.
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Louisiana remains one of the most business-friendly states in the nation, ranking No. 5 in Area Development magazine’s annual Top States for Doing Business survey. LED Secretary Don Pierson says this is a great third party endorsement they can reference to show that Louisiana is a great place to do business, for many reasons…:
This is the second year in a row the publication has ranked Louisiana No. 5. Pierson says they really like the LED FastStart workforce development program. He says with the help of post-secondary education institutions, these workforce development programs screen, select, and train the workforce any company needs:
Another category in which Louisiana got high marks was the new economic development fund it created with a large donation from Cleco. Pierson feels that also speaks to the great partnership the state has with its utilities.:
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Higher Education Commissioner Joe Rallo says the first LaSTEM Advisory Council meeting was successful in discussing how to increase the amount of students who will succeed in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Rallo says right now, if we don’t engage, Louisiana will not catch up with neighboring states when it comes to STEM jobs.
Rallo says the council will meet once a month. He says the council agrees STEM education needs to be a pipeline, starting in Kindergarten and continuing through high school.
The council was developed from legislation approved during the 2017 legislative session. Rallo says there is also a push to get more woman into STEM careers. He says women can really excel in these jobs.
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One month from today is the general election for State Treasurer. Three Republican candidates are raising money. There’s also a Democrat and Libertarian on the ballot. Publisher of La-politics-dot-com, Jeremy Alford, says Columbia Senator Neil Riser has been the most active in televising advertising…
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Ex state legislator John Schroder and former Commissioner of Administration Angelle Davis are the other Republicans fundraising. But Alford says none of the candidates have enough money to run TV commercials statewide, which will lead to a low voter turnout on October 14th…
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Alford says expect to hear more from these candidates in the coming weeks as Early Voting begins September 30th. He says even though it’s a statewide race, the candidates have not raised a lot of money, so they’ll have to be creative…
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Two weeks into the season and the Ragin Cajuns defense ranks as the third worst out of the 129 F-B-S teams. UL Lafayette has allowed nearly 12-hundred yards. But Head Coach Mark Hudspeth says their is a great desire to turn things around…
The Cajuns gave up 66 points in a loss to Tulsa last week and Hudspeth says it was disappointing not to see improvement from week one to week two… (UL Lafayette is at Texas A&M on Sat.)
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ULM takes on Southern Miss for its home opener on Saturday. Warhawks Coach Matt Viator says this is an important game for his program…
Southern Miss is coming off a 45-0 victory over Southern. Viator is impressed with the Golden Eagles skill position players…