PINEVILLE, Louisiana, March 5 -- Cleco, a regulated utility company, issued the following news release: Cleco employees and mascot, Hot Spot, opened car doors, greeted students with a smile, and gave high fives and hugs at Phoenix Magnet Elementary School in Alexandria, La. in support of "Together Tuesdays." The Rapides Parish School Board implemented "Together Tuesdays" to offer innovative and creative ways for employers and the community to become more involved with their local schools. The   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 27 -- Tulane University Law School issued the following news release: Tulane Law School has received a nearly $2 million gift to expand an innovative clinical program providing legal services and advocacy for imprisoned women who were victims of domestic violence, Dean David Meyer announced. The anonymous gift will support the Women's Prison Project (WPP), a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Tulane's Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice clinics focused on c  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 7 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: A gift from a New Orleans nonprofit foundation will create the New Orleans Scholars program at the University of New Orleans. The program, which will launch this summer, will provide 15 Orleans Parish public high school graduates with the resources and support to thrive at UNO while incurring little to no student debt. Grants and scholarships will cover all of the students' tuition, fees, room a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 3 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on March 2: Gov. John Bel Edwards presided over Louisiana's first Unified Command Group meeting about the state's response to the coronavirus(COVID-19) on Monday and announced the creation of a COVID-19 Task Force of key state and federal officials. Currently, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana. The Governor also announced that the Louisiana Office of Public Health's State Lab  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 5 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced visual effects and post-production industry leader Crafty Apes has expanded to Baton Rouge under Louisiana's Entertainment Job Creation Program. The company has developed visual effects for major motion pictures, such as Jumanji: The Next Level and Little Women; and television series, such as Stranger Things and Star Trek: Picard. Crafty Apes has established its Bat  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 5 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release: * * * - Solicitor General Liz Murrill to present oral argument, fight for State's right to protect health and safety of women * * * Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's Office will appear before the United States Supreme Court in June Medical Group vs. Russo. Solicitor General Liz Murrill will present oral argument in defense of Act 620, a bipartisan 2014 law that requires doctors  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 6 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. T-35466) involving Acadiana Movers: In re: Cancellation of Common Carrier Certificate Number 7491 for failure to maintain the required insurance coverage on file with the Commission pursuant to General Orders dated May 04, 2017 and January 12, 1976. ORDER OF DISMISSAL The Louisiana Public Service Commission ("Commission") issued a citation to Acadiana Movers, LLC of Lafayette, Louisiana   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 6 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. T-35472) involving Discount Towing & Recovery Service of Slidell: In re: Cancellation of Common Carrier Certificate Number 7851 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 JoAnn Gonzalez DBA D  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 5 -- The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following order (No. U-34110) involving Southwestern Electric Power: In re: Audit of Fuel Adjustment Clause Filings for Southwestern Electric Power Company for the period January 2014 through December 2015. Overview This audit was initiated in 2016, and after completion of Staff's review and analysis of Southwestern Electric Power Company's Fuel Adjustment Clause ("FAC") filings, Staff filed Staffs Audit Rep  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Biological Engineering Assistant Professor Elizabeth Martin and LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans Associate Professor Frank Lau were recently awarded a $100,000 internal grant for a study on how the obese tissue environment alters response to breast cancer therapy. Louisiana has the third-highest female breast cancer death rate in the United States and was ranked as having one of the highes  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 5 [TNSgrants] -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business is pleased to announce a generous gift to support entrepreneurship made in honor of alumnus J Terrell Brown Sr. of Baton Rouge. The endowment will provide ongoing funding for the newly renamed J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge, a student competition through which winners receive capital for new business ideas. Brown's children, J Terrell Brown Jr.   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 7 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Attorney Winston G. DeCuir Jr. has been named the LSU Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel. DeCuir formerly served as a partner in the law firm of DeCuir, Clark & Adams in Baton Rouge. DeCuir's hiring was approved at the March Board of Supervisors meeting. "We are pleased to welcome Winston DeCuir Jr. to our leadership team," said LSU Interim President Tom Galligan. "Winston brings w  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 5 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: One is an MD and one a PhD, and together, this married couple has made it their mission to help us help ourselves, to "find the impossible in our own unique ways." Dr. Chris Gilbert, physician and author and president/COO of Discovery Democracy LLC, and her husband Dr. Eric Haseltine, also an author, neuroscientist, and Chairman of the Board of the US Technology Leadership Council, will team for the fifth presen  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 4 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University brought home five awards from the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) District IV annual conference in Grapevine, Texas, including three silver and two bronze awards. Each year, the CASE Accolades competition recognizes the best advancement-focused work in over 50 categories from social media to print publications. Louisiana Tech competed against universities and col  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 4 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: * * * - New Programs Address Growing Areas of Significance and Employment * * * Loyola University New Orleans College of Law unveils two new Master's degree programs in growing areas of significance and employment in Louisiana and the Gulf South. The new Master's degree in Environmental Law and new Master's degree in Health Law and Administration at Loyola New Orleans are designed to help people working i  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 6 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 5: Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a Louisiana abortion case that could strike a devastating blow to reproductive rights across the country. Just four years ago, the court overturned a nearly identical law in Texas. But now, with two new conservative justices on the court, the outcome is uncertain. This is the first reproductive rights case before the Supreme Court since anti-choice  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 3 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce Dhruv Sharma has been selected to be a member of the 2020 class of Fellows, participating in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession. Sharma is a Member of the firm's Commercial Litigation practice group. Based in the Irvine o  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 4 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: A professor recognized for pioneering genetics research using zebrafish as a model will speak at Nicholls State University later this month. University of Oregon professor Dr. John Postlethwait is a biologist who has spent his career connecting extreme fieldwork with fish to human health and disease. He has also used a Louisiana favorite, the gar, for research. "We encourage everyone and anyone to at  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 5 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: New Orleans historian and filmmaker Justin Nystrom will offer a unique look into the culture of the Big Easy with a film screening and book reading at Nicholls State University on Tuesday, March 24. Nystrom is the Peter J. Cangelosi/BEGGARS Distinguished Professor of History, director of the Center for the Study of New Orleans and director of the Documentary and Oral History Studio at Loyola Universit  more

MERCED, California, March 6 -- The University of California Merced campus issued the following news: Physics Professor Gabriela Gonzalez is one of the world's leading researchers in gravitational wave research and the global spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration which proved one of Albert Einstein's predictions about the universe. She is also this year's guest speaker at the Vital and Alice Pellissier Family Distinguished Lectu  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, March 6 -- Southwestern Electric Power issued the following news release: Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has received reports of individuals posing as SWEPCO representatives contacting East Texas customers and demanding immediate payment. "These scammers are targeting small business owners, churches and other customers and threatening to disconnect service if immediate payment is not received," said Michelle Marcotte, SWEPCO spokeswoman. "If you believe a scamm  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 7 -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, issued the following news release: The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has appointed Andrew Shenkan to the role of vice president and general manager for WLEX, Scripps' NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, effective April 6. Shenkan has served as vice president and general manager of Scripps' KATC in Lafayette, Louisiana, since 2006. He is returning to the Lexington market, where he was previously WLEX's director of sal  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, March 6 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release on March 5: Southeastern Louisiana University is getting support in multiple areas thanks to a $250,000 donation from Smitty's Supply Inc. Located in Roseland, La., Smitty's Supply is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of lubricants and greases in the world today. The contribution will benefit four specific areas of the university - business, supply chain management, accounting, an  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, March 6 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University, along with the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce, Hancock Whitney Bank, Le Fleur de Lis Catering, and Phil Herbert, CPA, will host a class in Ponchatoula March 10 as part of Berries and Business. Titled "Taxes: New Laws and Changes," the free seminar will take place from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Le Fleur de Lis Catering  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, March 7 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Officials from Southeastern Louisiana University and Baton Rouge Community College signed an articulation agreement Friday to officially align resources that will provide successful BRCC students with the opportunity to progress directly into Southeastern's bachelor of arts program in criminal justice. An articulation agreement is a cooperative endeavor between a two-year community college progr  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 4 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Nicholas Mattei, an assistant professor of computer science at Tulane University, wants to change the way people think about artificial intelligence. "I hope to ground the conversation about the impacts of artificial intelligence and technology on our society," Mattei said. "Much of the popular conversation in this area at times seems breathless and preys on the most fantastical elements of people's imagina  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 3 -- Tulane University issued the following news release on March 2: The Tulane University Department of Jewish Studies has received an anonymous $2 million gift to establish the Chair in Contemporary Jewish Life Endowed Fund. "We are honored to be able to endow Tulane's Chair in Contemporary Jewish Studies," said the donors, who are parents of a recent Tulane graduate. "It embodies Jewish and universal values so important to the humanities today in shaping and in  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 4 -- Tulane University issued the following news release Chad Steele, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). This prestigious honor recognizes scientists for outstanding contributions in a wide variety of microbiology sectors, including research, education, public health, industry and government service. Steele is one of only 68 sci  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 6 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A new initiative founded by a Tulane University professor, along with a team of faculty and staff, aims to provide support to local educators in and around New Orleans, while elevating the profession of teaching. AfterClass is a community space where local teachers can receive professional, emotional and social support, while collaborating with colleagues as well as educational and community organizations.   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 5 -- Tulane University issued the following news release on March 4: What is New Orleans doing - and not doing - to prepare for increased rain and bigger storms in the years to come? A panel of experts will answer that question and many other water-related ones Wednesday, March 11, when WWNO and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate present "Water Ways: Dutch Lessons for a Changing Coast" on Tulane University's uptown campus. The discussion, which is free a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt's 2020 celebration of Black History Month included lectures, off-campus trips, community events and more to honor and reflect on the history, impact and contributions of African Americans throughout the country's history and at the university. For the second year, the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center sponsored a free excursion, traveling to Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Lo  more