BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and CEO David Neeleman of Breeze Airways announced the newly-launched airline will create an operations base with hundreds of jobs at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, or MSY. With operations established by aviation industry veterans, Breeze Airways will make a capital investment of $6.6 million at MSY and will create 261 new  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state is funding a $30 million program to offer voluntary residential buyouts in the Greinwich Terrace neighborhood of Lake Charles, an area that has flooded three times over the past four years, including during this week's heavy rain event. The buyout program furthers the Louisiana Watershed Initiative's long-term resilience objectives and is funded through a $ more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Human Trafficking Prevention Commission Advisory Board The Human Trafficking Prevention Commission Advisory Board's mission is to assist state and local leaders in developing and coordinating human trafficking prevention programs, to identify gaps in prevention and intervention services, to conduct a con more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on May 19, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced three large scale coastal restoration projects are now under construction to restore more than 2,900 acres of beach, dune, marsh and ridge in four parishes in Southeast Louisiana. The Spanish Pass marsh restoration near the town of Venice, the West Grand Terre barrier island restoration near Grand Isle, and the Golden Triangle marsh restoration e more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on May 17, 2021: * * * This morning, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement on the death of former Gov. Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III who served as Louisiana's 52nd governor from 1988-1992. "From the fields of Scopena to the halls of Congress and then the Governor's Mansion, Buddy Roemer proudly represented the state he so dearly loved. "His astute intellect led him to enter more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 22 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Tobie Blanchard The record-breaking 2020 hurricane season, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saw 30 named storms, with 12 making landfall in the continental United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting another active season with between 13 and 20 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes and three to five major hurricanes (category 3 or above). Be more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 20 (TNSAwa) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The Louisiana 4-H Foundation has unveiled a new scholarship program for graduating high school seniors in honor of Robert and Debbie Joyner, who have been key supporters of 4-H livestock programs. The Robert and Debbie Joyner Scholarship Fund was recently created with a donation from Phil Elzer, director of the LSU AgCenter School of Animal Sciences, and his wife Julie. Robert Joyner more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 20 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news on May 19, 2021: By V. Todd Miller The Cajun "holy trinity" is at the heart of Louisiana cuisine. The union of onions, celery and green bell peppers create the base flavors of gumbo, jambalaya, etouffee and numerous other hearty dishes that have come to define our state. But from where did the term holy trinity derive, and how does it differ from other regional soup, sauce and stew ba more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Kenneth Gautreaux If you have started construction on a new home or want to update a room in your house, you probably have experienced sticker shock when it comes to the price of building materials, especially lumber. Last year, the price was $354 per thousand foot of lumber. By the first week of May, the price had risen to an all-time high of $1686, an increase of nearly 475%. By more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 14 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan In Louisiana, termites tend to begin swarming the closer it gets to Mother's Day. LSU AgCenter urban entomologist Qian "Karen" Sun says beginning in late April and going through June, termite alates, or swarmers, will be congregating around lights after dark. "When Mother's Day is celebrated, it is also the time of the year when the Formosan subterranean termites sw more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan Weeks of wet weather in Louisiana has led to damage from one of the most serious diseases of crops such as tomatoes, eggplant and bell peppers. LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh said the disease is called southern bacterial wilt and is caused by the soil-borne bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. "In addition to solanaceous vegetables, the bacterium can cause disease more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: 2021 brought a new face to LSU, new Senior Internationalization Officer and Executive Director of International Programs Samba Dieng. Dieng, who is originally from Senegal, brings more than 12 years of experience working with international programs. "I hope to raise LSU's international profile in teaching, research and service missions that align with today's global challeng more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, May 20 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. V. Elaine Thompson, Associate Professor in and Interim Director of Louisiana Tech's School of History and Social Sciences, was this spring named a Fellow of the Louisiana Historical Association (LHA), the highest honor an LHA member can receive. The designation as an LHA Fellow recognizes "outstanding accomplishments and remarkable contributions to Louisiana's culture, literature, and history." Ther more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Oysters live and grow in saltwater. However, the saltiness of their habitat can change dramatically, especially where the mighty Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana oysters from the northern Gulf of Mexico may experience some of the lowest salinity in the world due to the influx of fresh water from the Mississippi River. In addition, increased rainfall and large-scale  more PR

SALEM, Oregon, May 18 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following statement on today's United State Supreme Court decision in Edwards v. Vannoy: "This morning the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Edwards v. Vannoy, ruling on the issue of whether the right to a unanimous jury verdict in criminal cases (announced last year in Ramos v. Louisiana) applies to older cases where final judgments have already been entered. "The Court ruled that under f more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Seven assistant professors at LSU have been awarded the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grant for individual faculty members, who are within the first few years of their academic careers. NSF's Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, award aims to provide stable support at a sufficient level and duration to enable awardees to develop careers not only as outstanding resear more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 18 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can find traces of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB) in infants up to 6 months before they develop the deadly disease, according to a study published in BMC Medicine. Using only a small blood sample, the test detects a protein secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes TB infecti more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 18 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University researchers found the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in the brain tissue of a woman who had long suffered neurocognitive impairment after her diagnosis and treatment for the tick-borne disease. The presence of the corkscrew-shaped Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in the former Lyme disease patient's brain and spinal cord were evidence of a persistent infection. The findings wer more PR