PINEVILLE, Louisiana, Dec. 24 -- Cleco, a regulated utility company, issued the following news release: Last week, Cleco presented a check for $45,421.22 to Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 that provides educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled service members. Cleco selected Folds of Honor as the recipient of funds raised from its annual charitable golf tournament, Tee Off for a Cause, and a luncheon honoring Veterans. Both eve  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 27 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy New Orleans will reach its goal of installing 5 megawatts of distributed-scale solar in the city of New Orleans through its Commercial Rooftop Solar Program. The solar program leases commercial building rooftops to install utility-owned solar that will capture the power of the sun and put clean energy directly on the electric distribution grid for the benefit of all customers. Nearly two years ago, with appr  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and AFCO Industries President and CEO Don Fowler announced the company will make a $3.62 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Alexandria, Louisiana. AFCO will close its plant in Pell City, Alabama, and transfer jobs and manufacturing operations to its Louisiana location. The company manufactures metal weather stripping, aluminum extrusions, door tracks, c  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 25 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge, David Weston Robinson Professor of Law and McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law, has been named interim dean of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Lockridge will act as interim dean while Dean Tom Galligan serves as LSU's interim president as LSU conducts a national search for a new president. "I am very happy that Professor Lee Ann Lockridge has agreed to serve as interi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 27 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release: Attorney General Jeff Landry filed Louisiana's legal brief in defense of Act 620, the State's common-sense admitting privileges law, at the United States Supreme Court. "Louisiana's brief outlines the documented evidence of Louisiana abortion clinics' poor safety records, inadequate credentialing practices, and efforts to undermine health and safety regulations designed to protect women  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 28 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. U-35383) involving CenterPoint Energy: In re: Report of Earnings and Return on Equity for the Louisiana Division for the Twelve Months Ending June 30, 2019. (Decided at the Commission's December 18, 2()l9 Business and Executive Session.) OVERVIEW The Louisiana Public Service Commission ("Commission"), having reviewed and considered the Joint Report on Staff's Report on CenterPoint Energ  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 16 -- Tulane University Law School issued the following news release: A long-time New Orleans bankruptcy lawyer and award-winning pro bono volunteer in the community, Tulane Law alumna Meredith Grabill (L'06) now is officially the Honorable Judge Grabill. Grabill's investiture as a federal bankruptcy judge took place Dec. 12 following her appointment in September to the Eastern District of Louisiana. Grabill has practiced bankruptcy and commercial law as well as oi  more