A Meta AI infrastructure training facility is coming to Baton Rouge. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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Problems at the OMV today due to network outages. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Meta announced the launch of America’s Workforce Academy, a nationwide A-I infrastructure jobs training program with a pilot academy in Baton Rouge. Meta Director of U.S. Policy Diana Doukas says the program will pay participants to train in a variety of jobs..
The academy requires no prior experience and provides tuition, airfare and lodging. Applicants will receive their job training placement and location upon acceptance. Doukas says they will also receive a guaranteed job placement upon graduation from the four to five-week program.
Louisiana joins Texas, Indiana and Ohio as the four states to host pilot locations. Meta has already begun construction on a 27-billion-dollar data center in Richland Parish. Doukas says Meta’s partnership with the Associated Builders and Contractors Baton Rouge training facility and its investment in Louisiana make it a perfect location.
For more information go to meta.com/AmericasWorkforceAcademy.
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Gabe Firment has been in the Louisiana House of Representatives for more than six years now. Could he have his sights set on something bigger, like the U.S. House of Representatives? The Republican from Pollock says several people have reached out to him over the past couple weeks asking him if he’d be interested in running for the open seat in the fifth district.
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Firment says he believes he would be a very effective U.S. representative.
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Firment says as vast as the newly-drawn fifth district is, voters need a representative who can serve the interests of the entire district, regardless of which part of the district he or she is from.
Monroe Representative Michael Echols is planning on continuing his campaign for the fifth district. Firment says he hopes to make a decision in the next couple weeks. Qualifying runs from August 5th through the 7th.
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The Louisiana America 250 commission is hosting a free Fourth of July concert in downtown Baton Rouge. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says there will be live music in Repentance Park starting at 2 p.m. and culminating with a big fireworks show over the Mississippi River…
The concert will feature performances from local stars Amanda Shaw, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., John Schneider and Wayne Toups. Nungesser says the celebration will highlight the great talent that comes out of the Bayou State.
Nungesser says if you can’t make it to the Capitol City, there will likely be a celebration near you.
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A full list of celebrations across the state can be found at america250la.org
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If you’re trying to get things done at the OMV, either in person or online, you may have a little difficulty right now. That’s because the office is experiencing network outages. Thomas Mule’ (myoo-LAY) with the Office of Technology Services says they started replacing a legacy piece of hardware Sunday.
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Mule’ says it’s part of switching the network from what he says is the equivalent of a 1992 Honda Civic to a 2026 McLaren 750. He says during the migration, some are experiencing connectivity issues.
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The network outages have forced some OMV offices around the state to close, and some online services are affected as well. Mule’ says it’s unclear when everything will be back up and running.
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Mule’ says they’re almost 100-percent certain that this is not the result of a cyberattack.