BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 1 -- Mayo Clinic issued the following news release on Jan. 30: Mayo Clinic welcomes Baton Rouge General (BRG) and The Baton Rouge Clinic as the newest members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Baton Rouge General and The Baton Rouge Clinic are the first health care organizations in Louisiana to join the care network, a group of carefully vetted, independent health systems that have special access to Mayo Clinic knowledge and expertise. Physicians from both organiza  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 1 -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Dr. David Havird's new collection of poetry and essays, Weathering: Poems and Recollections, is described by its publisher as "a memoir of places and relationships," fitting subject matter as Havird prepares to officially retire in May 2020 after a thirty-year teaching career at Centenary. Havird will highlight the book, now available from Mercer University Press, at two campus events on Thursday,  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Qualified Entergy Arkansas customers will receive free tax preparation and have a chance to win money at Entergy's Super Tax Day events held Saturdays in February. Super Tax Day is Entergy Arkansas' kickoff event to the tax preparation season. Customers who agree to save part of their total refund at Super Tax Day events will have an opportunity to win up to $50 in cash through a scratch off card promotion and will b  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 29 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Qualified Entergy Mississippi customers can receive free tax preparation and have a chance to win money at Entergy's Super Tax Day events held Saturdays in February. Super Tax Day is Entergy Mississippi's kickoff event to the tax preparation season. Customers who agree to save part of their total refund at the Super Tax Day event will have an opportunity to win up to $50 in cash through a scratch off card promotion a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 30 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Qualified Entergy Texas customers will receive free tax preparation and have a chance to win money at Entergy's Super Tax Day events. Super Tax Day is Entergy Texas' kickoff event to the tax preparation season. Customers who agree to save part of their total refund at Super Tax Day events will have an opportunity to win up to $50 in cash through a scratch-off card promotion and will be entered in other drawings, incl  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Louisiana musicians scored big wins at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards program in Los Angeles Sunday night. In the annual showcase of the music industry's best work, two Louisiana artists took home Grammys, and a Louisiana music teacher was cited as national music educator of the year. In addition, an "In Memoriam" tribute featuring New Orleans music legends Dr. John, Dave Bartholomew and Art Neville  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement: * * * - AG Jeff Landry Achieves Win for Taxpayers, Vows to Continue Fight for Sportsmen * * * The Louisiana Supreme Court yesterday decided in favor of Attorney General Jeff Landry's request to reverse a lower court's decision in Cooks & Crooks v. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, a ruling that protects taxpayers from a nearly $67 million judgment against the State for the const  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 29 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced changes to Protective Services for the Louisiana State Police. Captain Treone Larvadain has been promoted to lead Protective Services, becoming the first African-American female captain in Louisiana State Police history. She succeeds Captain Clay Chutz, who has retired after 30 years of service with the Louisiana State Police serving under six governors (Governors B  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 1 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Jan. 31: Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday announced Stephen Russo as the interim secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, replacing Dr. Rebekah Gee, who resigned earlier this month. The Governor hopes to name a permanent LDH secretary in the coming weeks. Russo currently serves as LDH's executive counsel. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center who joined  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 30 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards released the Protecting Health Coverage in Louisiana Task Force's final report, showing Louisiana stands to lose $3.6 billion in federal funding if Texas v. United States is successful in overturning the Affordable Care Act, with almost half a million Louisianans losing healthcare. The task force voted 9-1 to approve the report. Gov. Edwards created the task force in 2019 fo  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. T-35437) involving Holeshot Services: In re: Cancellation of Common Carrier Certificate Number 8204 for failure to maintain the required insurance coverage on file with the Commission pursuant to Commission's General Order dated January 12, 1976. ORDER OF DISMISSAL The Louisiana Public Service Commission ("Commission") issued a citation to Holeshot Services, LLC of Sulphur, Louisiana (th  more

WINNSBORO, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release: Gardeners who want to learn how to move up from a home garden to a commercial enterprise can hear tips and strategies from experts at a horticulture workshop Feb. 5 at the Delhi Civic Center. Sponsored by the LSU AgCenter, the Growing Your Home Garden into a Commercial Garden workshop will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 11:30. The Delhi Civic Center is located at 232 Denver St., Delhi,  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release: Timberland owners and forest industry consultants can hear the latest research findings and get industry updates at the LSU AgCenter Cenla Forestry Forum on Feb. 19 at the State Evacuation Shelter in Alexandria. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. followed by the program at 9. A sponsored lunch will be provided, and the program will conclude at 3:30 p.m. The program will cover a wide  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 29 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU is pleased to announce the establishment of the School of Collaborative Academic Programs, or SCAP, a multi-college, interdisciplinary and cutting-edge program bridging faculty expertise across disciplines to offer cross-disciplinary curriculums to undergraduate and graduate students, which also includes online students. This innovative initiative was unanimously approved by the LSU Board of Sup  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- The Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center issued the following news: Professor Keith B. Hall has been appointed Director of The LSU John P. Laborde Energy Law Center. He had been serving as Interim Director of the center for approximately a year. "Professor Hall will be a fantastic director of the center. He is an asset to the Law Center and has already moved the Laborde Energy Law Center's initiatives forward as the interim director; I know he  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 1 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Jan. 31: In a new study published in Science, an AAAS publication, LSU chemistry professor emeritus George Stanley and fellow LSU researchers from the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biological Sciences discovered a new cationic cobalt bisphosphine hydroformylation catalyst system that is highly active and extremely robust. Catalysts can be viewed as a paralle  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- The Louisiana Workforce Commission issued the following news release: The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending Jan. 25, 2020 dropped to 1,878 from the previous week's total of 2,008. For a comparison, during the week ending Jan. 26, 2019, 1,759 initial claims were filed. The four-week moving average of initial claims increased to 2,016 from the previous week's average of 1,914. The unemployment insurance continued claims for the week end  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- The Louisiana Workforce Commission issued the following news release: Not seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment increased by 8,300 jobs from 1,991,000 in December 2018 to 1,999,300 in December 2019. Not seasonally adjusted private sector employment increased by 10,700 jobs from 1,659,500 jobs in December 2018 to 1,670,200 jobs in December 2019. Louisiana's not seasonally adjusted civilian labor force, or the number of people who are employed in addition to t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Last week, Morning Joe discussed what issues led to Gov. Edwards' successful reelection and how it could be a model for Democrats running in swing states. Gov. Edwards' campaign pollster Zac McCrary talked about Gov. Edwards' real record of bipartisan accomplishments that made it possible for him to be the first Democrat reelected as governor in 44 years in Louisiana. Gov. Edwards signed an executive order e  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad issued the following news release: The Propeller Club of the U.S. Port of New Orleans honored Brandy D. Christian as their 2019 Maritime Person of the Year at its 86th Annual Maritime Person of the Year Gala on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Metairie Country Club. Christian, who serves as President and CEO of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation (NOPB), is the first wo  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad issued the following news release: The New Orleans Public Belt (NOPB) is partnering with one of its connecting, Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern (NS) to bring NS's "Operation and Awareness Response (OAR)" Safety Train to our Gateway! To promote this initiative, NS is bringing their dedicated safety train with a locomotive, two box car classrooms, four tank cars, and two specially equipped flat cars to provide additional   more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Jan. 28 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release on Jan. 27: The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) recognized the Nicholls State University Department of Teacher Education as one of the top programs in the country for its strong commitment to evidence-based reading instruction. A nonprofit research and policy organization, the NCTQ released its 2020 Teacher Prep Review: Program Performance in Early Reading Instruction report today. The repo  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Jan. 29 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release on Jan. 27: A pair of former congressmen will visit Thibodaux and Nicholls State University next month to discuss democracy and enable students who aspire to public service. The two congressmen are Rep. Dan Miller, a Florida Republican, and Rep. Peter Kostmayer, a Pennsylvania Democrat. Together, they will visit a variety of classes on the Nicholls campus from Feb. 9-12. They will discuss the critical   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 30 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release on Jan. 29: As could have been predicted when the Governor bypassed the legislative process to use his phone and pen in creating the Protecting Health Coverage in Louisiana Task Force, the Governor's Office and his allies have used the Task Force to put politics over policy. Today, the Task Force approved - over the objection of the Attorney General's Office - a political report, not a t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Louisiana state Rep. Pat Moore, (district 17), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Convention   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 1 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Discrimination may cause black and Hispanic patients to wait longer for a scheduled primary care appointment, according to a new Tulane University study published in JAMA Network Open. The research could shine more light on why people who belong to racial and ethnic minority groups experience worse health outcomes than white patient in the United States. "Timeliness of care is really   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 1 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University's Howard-Tilton Memorial Library has acquired the complete archives of famed best-selling New Orleans author Anne Rice thanks to a gift from Stuart Rose and the Stuart Rose Family Foundation. Born and raised in New Orleans-- the setting of her most famous books-- Rice is the author of 30 novels with more than 100 million copies sold, placing her among the most popular authors in recent Amer  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 1 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A year-by-year age analysis of colorectal cancer rates among U.S. adults finds a 46% increase in new diagnoses from ages 49 to 50, indicating that many latent cases of the disease are likely going undiagnosed until routine screenings begin at 50, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers found that almost 93% of the cases discovered at age 50 were invasive, meaning that  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Jan. 26 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are among a team of marine biologists that made two unexpected discoveries while studying how deep-sea creatures would react when presented with an unfamiliar - and unusual - food source. Three dead alligators deposited at different spots on the floor of the northern Gulf of Mexico - at depths of up to 6,60  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 1 [TNSgrants] -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: Anabel Mifsud, a doctoral candidate in the University of New Orleans counselor education program, is a recipient of the Chi Sigma Iota Excellence in Counseling Research Grant. Chi Sigma Iota is the international honor society of professional counseling with more than 130,000 members. The excellence in counseling research grant is a competitive program that only funds six counseling re  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 29 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: Gloria Walker, the new vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer at the University of New Orleans, laughingly refers to herself as an analytical "bean counter" and a "workaholic." She also considers herself fiercely loyal to her employees and a motivator who believes mentoring is a key to helping the University meet its mission of providing educational excellence. "I don't  more