WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Green Party issued the following news release: The Green Party of the United States National Committee has voted overwhelmingly to endorse the "#NoNewJails" movement and support campaigns for prison abolition as a means to end mass incarceration. #NoNewJails began in 2018 in New York City as a campaign to shut down the Rikers Island jail complex and prevent its replacement with new jails throughout the Five Boroughs. That effort has inspired similar campaigns across  more PR

SAREPTA, Louisiana, July 27 -- Entergy issued the following news release: As part of its commitment to providing reliable power, Entergy Louisiana is investing more than $3 million to bring a stronger, more resilient electric system to Webster Parish. Crews will continue making significant upgrades throughout the remainder of the year and into 2022 to a portion of the electric system that stretches from Sarepta to Cotton Valley. Upgrades include substation enhancements and the installation of more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 28 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Corporation and the Entergy Charitable Foundation have helped power stronger, healthier communities in 2021 by contributing more than $7.6 million to 763 nonprofit organizations across the company's service area during the first two quarters of the year. "As the economy begins to rebound and communities start to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19, we are mindful that those most significantly impacte more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 30 -- Entergy issued the following news release: As part of its plan to meet growing demand across Southeast Texas and modernize its generation fleet, Entergy Texas, Inc. has begun the process to seek approval to construct the Orange County Advanced Power Station, a 1,215-megawatt, dual fuel combined cycle power facility. The plant will be located near Bridge City, Texas and will be capable of powering more than 230,000 homes and use a combination of natural gas and more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 31 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health announced the third winners of the Shot At A Million COVID-19 campaign. Congratulations to Stephen Curry and Jacob Ardoin for going sleeves up and doing their part to protect themselves, families and communities during this pandemic. Stephen Curry and Jacob Ardoin were selected in the drawing conducted by the Louisiana Lottery Corporatio more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 26, 2021: Gov. Edwards joined the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) along with federal, state, and local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system. The project will provide 100-year hurricane and storm surge protection to 60,000 Louisianans in St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes. The $760  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 30 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards released two public service announcements encouraging young people to take the COVID-19 vaccines, featuring National Spelling Bee Champion and Guinness Book World Record Holder Zaila Avant-garde. Avant-garde is herself fully vaccinated and wants other young people to take their COVID-19 vaccine so everyone can get back to normal. "As a Guinness Book World Record Holder and Na more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: As the federal moratorium on evictions comes to an end Saturday, July 31, Gov. John Bel Edwards is urging residents who are struggling with rent or utility bills due to COVID-19 related financial hardship to apply for millions in federal funds through the Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or through one of seven locally administered programs in Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Jeffe more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 26, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards, Hunt Forest Products co-owner James D. Hunt and Tolko President and CEO Brad Thorlakson announced that the companies will develop a new $240 million sawmill in Bienville Parish. Resulting from the collaboration of these two companies, the joint venture company will create 130 direct new jobs, with an average salary of $57,400, plus benefits. Louisiana Economi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 28 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Today as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Louisiana both hit records, the Louisiana Department of Health and Governor Edwards both urge individuals in Louisiana to take immediate precautions for their own and others' safety. The Louisiana Department of Health announces 6,797 new COVID-19 cases reported to the state since July 26, 2021 - the second highest single-day case count reported since more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 31 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 30, 2021: Two members of Gov. John Bel Edwards' team have tested positive for COVID-19, the Governor's office disclosed today. Both are at home in isolation, per guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Louisiana Department of Health. The Governor's office has a high rate of fully vaccinated staff, including these staffers who were vaccinated against COVID ear more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 26, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced today that the first segment of the LA 3241 corridor project was let on July 21. Brown Industrial Construction, LLC presented the apparent low bid of $45,964,769.53. This is part of the Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development (TIMED) Program, which began in 198 more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 29 (TNSPar) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on July 27, 2021: LSU and Louisiana Tech University are proud to announce the establishment of the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance, or CISIA, the first Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, or I/UCRC, for either institution. CISIA will serve as a trusted source for transformative insights, predictive capabilities, and materials innovations across broad in more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 27 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Tobie Blanchard LSU AgCenter Flavors of Health nutrition agents from across the state were chopping, dicing, whipping and meal planning as part of a training to help enhance their cooking demonstration skills on July 15 on the LSU campus. The agents regularly put on nutrition programs and demonstrations in their own communities, but the agents had spent the previous year doing pr more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, July 28 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Lauren Killebrew has been named the inaugural recipient of Louisiana Tech University's Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Annual Award of Finance. Awarded by the CFA Society of Mississippi, Killebrew received the honor for her outstanding academic achievements and interest in pursuing the CFA charter, widely considered the investment profession's most rigorous credentialing program. "I am very gr more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, July 27 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: A team of educators and research colleagues, including Louisiana Tech University's Dr. Julie Rutledge, Director of the University's Education and Research in Children's Health (ENRICH) Center in the College of Applied and Natural Sciences, has earned a competitive R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The group has recently been notified that the R01 award has been converted to an R37 MERIT  more PR

NEW ROADS, Louisiana, July 30 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Johnny Morgan Commodity field days are a normal summertime occurrence for LSU AgCenter agriculture agents and specialists, but a field day without growers is just different. During "normal" years, the AgCenter brings together other state and federal agriculture agencies to discuss the condition of crops and livestock in the region. This year, the AgCenter Central Region held its I more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 29 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: For most people, a mild case of COVID-19 lasts less than two weeks. But some COVID-19 "long-haulers" face a range of symptoms -- dizziness, brain fog, headaches and loss of their sense of smell -- that can linger for months. Researchers can't explain exactly why. Tulane University has launched a new COVID-19 "biobank" of blood and cell samples from COVID-19 survivors to help researchers investigate more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 29 (TNSPer) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Nora Lustig, the Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics at Tulane University, has been appointed president-elect of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). Lustig will serve as president-elect until her two-year term as president begins in 2023. She will be the first woman to serve in that role. Founded in 2005, the ECINEQ provides an international forum for all r more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 27 (TNSBook) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: What went right and what went wrong during the COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly be studied for decades to come. And one resource that scholars and students will likely turn to is the recently released COVID-19: Systemic Risk and Resilience (Springer, 2021), co-edited by Jesse M. Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in the Tulane University School of Architecture. The book's 22 chapters  more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, July 27 (TNSPro) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Fifteen high school students from the David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy will study engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette this fall. They will also make history. The students are participating in the UL Lafayette College of Engineering's first dual enrollment program. Dr. Ahmed Khattab, dean of the College of Engineering, expects the pilot program to gro more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 28 (TNSGra) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The University of New Orleans has received a $50,000 grant from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities to further its partnerships with local community organizations and businesses aimed at providing students with the skills they'll need to successfully enter the workforce upon graduation. "Despite the advances in technol more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 27 (TNSGra) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University will receive $495,368 from the Restore Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana to help coastal scientists better understand coastal ridges. Researchers will use the grant money to categorize the ecological attributes of the ridges to help coastal scientists design future ridge restoration and management projects. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority selec more PR