ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, April 23 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan One year after a nighttime tornado destroyed several buildings at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center near Alexandria, progress is being made to fully restore facilities. AgCenter Central Region director Tara Smith said the storm heavily damaged the AgCenter DeWitt Livestock Show Facility and several other buildings on the research station. Demo more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Children's Cabinet Advisory Board The Children's Cabinet Advisory Board provides information and recommendations from the perspective of advocacy groups, service providers and parents on policies and programs relating to Louisiana children. Its strategic goals are to advise and assist the Children's Cab more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and CEO Paul Schubert of Strategic Biofuels LLC announced that the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Louisiana Green Fuels, plans to develop a renewable diesel plant near the Caldwell Parish seat of Columbia. Situated on a 171-acre site at the Port of Columbia, the plant would produce up to 32 million gallons of renewable fuel annually through established refinery processes  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 23 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards highlighted the growth of Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards through its acquisition of the shipbuilding assets of Gulf Island Fabrication in Houma, Louisiana. The deal positions Bollinger, based in Lockport, as the largest privately owned and operated domestic shipbuilder in the U.S. "For 75 years, Bollinger Shipyards has built one of America's best companies for comprehen more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement about the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Gov. Edwards said: "Today, I am thankful that the criminal justice system dispensed justice to George Floyd's family and to society. While today's verdict will not bring George Floyd back, nor will it erase years of damaging racism and violence, it is a positive step forward tha more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on April 19, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards joined officials from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the Louisiana Legislature today to announce that, as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the state of Louisiana has received approximately $216 million to be allocated for road and infrastructure projects throughout the state. Th more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 24 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Voting rights activist, founder of Fair Fight, and pure force of nature, Stacey Abrams, testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is a member of this committee. Abrams' passion for protecting voting rights is matched only by her expertise in the subject. She has been an outspoken critic of Georgia's voter suppression law. And, of course, Sena more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 17 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: Can the WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) program help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar? Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center expect the six-month Vital research study to help answer the question. "Successfully managing type 2 diabetes requires building healthy habits, such as following a healthy diet an more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, April 17 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) honored Dr. John Matthews, director of Louisiana Tech's Trenchless Technology Center and associate professor of civil engineering and construction engineering technology at the University, Lynn Osborn, Trenchless Technology Center board member, and James Barbera, former TTC board member, at the 2021 No-Dig Show. The NASTT bestowed the 2021 NA more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, April 24 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University Mechanical Engineering senior Richard Fontenot has earned a SMART (Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation) Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense for his academic and research success. The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program provides science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students who excel in studies and complex research with a full more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 23 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: New research examines how Louisiana organizations and college centers working in the area of violence against women leveraged technology to adapt their services and outreach efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lead investigator and LSU Assistant Professor of Media Law Fanny Ramirez found that digital media were a vital and effective tool in helping organizations stay connected to current more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, April 21 (TNSPro) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Olivia McClure, Assistant Communications Specialist The LSU AgCenter has announced two new selections for its Louisiana Super Plants program: a disease-resistant impatiens series that offers color for shady spaces and a heat-tolerant sunflower whose blooms will last into the fall. The Louisiana Super Plants program is an educational campaign of the AgCenter that promotes university- more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 23 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan The LSU AgCenter has a new agent for East Baton Rouge Parish, and his name is Russell Harris. If the name sounds familiar, it could be because Harris was the horticulture agent in New Orleans before taking a position in the landscape industry. Harris was born and raised in New Orleans, where his love of plants began as a young child helping his grandmother in her  more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 24 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 23, 2021: Yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem joined Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 8 other state attorneys general in suing to prevent the Biden Administration from establishing a damages value to the "social cost of greenhouse gases," which would kill thousands of American jobs and impose more burdens and harms to the American people. "After a year of misguided lockdowns in  more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, April 24 (TNSAwa) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University's Sustainability Center has been recognized with the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Award. Southeastern was one of only five postsecondary institutions to be honored for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainabili more PR