NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 25 ((TNSPer)) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Amy Greenwood-Field has joined the firm's Consumer Financial Services group as a Member (Partner) in the Washington, DC office. Amy focuses her practice on counseling financial institutions on a national basis in matters related to licensing and examinations, residential and commercial mortgage lending, consumer loans, debt collection, and cryp more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 24 (TNSPer) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards named Dr. Chaunda Mitchell as his new Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Planning within the Office of the Governor. In this new role, Dr. Mitchell will oversee constituent services, community outreach, faith-based initiatives, disability affairs, elderly affairs, the office of drug policy, the office of women's policy, the Louisiana Children's Cabinet and other  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 22 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU is now the new host organization for the statewide network that provides training and technical support to small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Louisiana. Bryan Greenwood is the new state director of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, or LSBDC, which is a network consisting of 10 regional offices. "The Louisiana SBDC Network can adopt new technologies in its deli more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Office of Research & Economic Development, or ORED, welcomes LSU Professor Janna Oetting as its new associate vice president of humanities, social sciences and allied fields. Oetting is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and a member of the Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics, Life Course and Aging Center and Mind Initiative at LSU. "We enthusias more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 18 (TNSPer) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: Gina E. Eubanks, associate vice president of the LSU AgCenter, has been named to the agriculture subcommittee of the recently formed U.S. Department of Agriculture Equity Commission. The commission was announced Feb. 10 and will hold its first public meeting Feb. 28. Its mission is to address historical discrimination in the USDA by providing recommendations to the secretary of agric more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 26 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education named Michelle Livermore, LMSW, PhD, as director of the LSU School of Social Work. Livermore's appointment follows the culmination of a national search upon Dr. Pam Monroe, Lois Canulette & W. A. "Buster" Baker Memorial LSU Alumni Association Departmental Professor, announcing her retirement this year. Livermore is an associate professor and th more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSAwa) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University health sciences major Megan Magri of St. Rose, has been chosen Miss Southeastern 2022. She also received the Talent Award and the Red Carpet Award. Magri received her crown from Miss Southeastern 2021 Lily Gayle of Hammond at the annual pageant Feb. 17 at Southeastern's Student Union Ballroom. Sponsored by the Campus Activities Board, the pageant is aff more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 25 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The University Lakes Project Management Committee has awarded a construction contract to Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. Sevenson will work with the project master designer, Sasaki Associates Inc., and flood risk reduction designer, Stantec Consulting Services Inc., to finalize design and develop a guaranteed maximum price for the first phase of work, including flood risk reduction and more PR

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Feb. 24 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2022: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) today announced a $6,806,567 investment that will boost economic development and improve the quality of life for Louisiana communities and residents. The investment will be matched by $9 million and will attract an additional $4 million in leveraged private investment (LPI) into Louisiana. The 17 new investment projects will improve water and sewer more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 23 -- Entergy issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2022: As part of our ongoing commitment to support our communities as they rebuild following Hurricane Ida, Entergy today awarded $500,000 in shareholder-funded grants to organizations helping minority small business owners recover from the devastating storm. Grants are awarded to the following organizations: * $150,000 to the Urban League of Louisiana's Black Business Works Fund. The organization will us more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 24 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) reported fourth quarter 2021 earnings per share of $1.28 on an as-reported basis and earnings per share of 76 cents on an adjusted basis (non-GAAP). For the full year, the company reported 2021 earnings per share of $5.54 on an as-reported basis and $6.02 on an adjusted basis. "Despite the unique challenges presented in 2021, we continued to deliver on our commitments and exceeded the  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 22 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Louisiana is constructing a new substation and distribution circuits in Calcasieu Parish as part of its commitment to increasing the resilience of the electric system and providing customers with reliable power. The approximately $24 million project will benefit thousands of customers in the Gillis, Moss Bluff and north and east Lake Charles areas. Utility crews expect to complete the project and energize the more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 25 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statement on the situation in Ukraine, which has prompted the Vice President to postpone her planned travel to Louisiana. Gov. Edwards said: "The Vice President has delayed her trip to Louisiana, which is a wise and understandable decision given the state of affairs with Ukraine. I am praying for the President and the Vice President and their advisors an more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state has published its proposed action plan for spending $600 million in federal funding for recovery from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Louisiana is the first of the 10 states receiving federal funds as part of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act to publish its action plan. The Louisiana Office of Community Development is scheduling a series of p more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 22 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * By targeting the stress-response system in the brain, an LSU pharmacologist has discovered a way to decrease drug craving and relapse into drug use. * * * The need for new solutions to addiction has reached an all-time high. More than 2,000 Louisianans died from drug overdoses in the past year--a 10-fold increase from two decades ago. This is in line with national trends. While syn more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 24 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * First study on how a natural plant extract of a particular kind of wormwood, Artemisia scoparia, could lead to longer lifespans, including potentially for humans. Key lies in enhanced metabolic health. * * * A research team in the LSU Department of Biological Sciences led by Assistant Professor Adam Bohnert has published a landmark study linking greater metabolic health--achieved t more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news on Feb. 21, 2022: As Louisiana residents begin filing state income tax returns, they have another charitable option to which they can donate their refund. A bill authored by Rep. Joseph Orgeron and passed by the state legislature in 2021 allows taxpayers to donate all or part of their adjusted overpayment or refund to the LSU AgCenter 4-H Grant Walker Educational Center. The center is more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2022: Skymount Medical, a drug discovery company using an artificial intelligence, or AI, platform developed by LSU researchers to repurpose and build new drugs, announced today that it has received approval from the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, or MHRA, to conduct a human clinical trial of its new oral therapeutic for COVID-19 patients. M more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Feb. 26 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: Morgan City restaurateurs Brenda and Gregory Hamer, Sr. have donated $100,000 to Nicholls State University Athletics which will be used to support the more than 350 student-athletes on campus. As a thank you for their generous support, Nicholls Athletics is naming the Tight Ends Meeting Room after their grandson and former Nicholls Football player, Garret LeBlanc, and their b more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, Feb. 23 (TNSRes) -- Northwood University issued the following news: In celebration of Black History Month, Northwood University celebrates two Black beauty product pioneers, with one representing the past, and one representing the future. Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; Dec. 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919) was a Black entrepreneur who developed a line of cosmetics and hair care products for Black women. Her company, Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, was so very succ more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The latest Regional Economic Analysis of Louisiana (REAL) Report offers insight into recent economic developments in Louisiana, with focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on air travel, how hurricanes have affected the oil industry, and graduation rates compared to funding. Produced by the Center for Economic Research in collaboration with faculty and students in Louisiana Tech University's College of Busin more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 24 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A collaboration between New Orleans area community organizations and Tulane University aims to prevent youth exposure to violence in a way that enlists and centers the voices of young people and communities most affected by it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Tulane University a five-year grant to establish the Center for Youth Equity, a hub for youth violence prevention more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University will welcome graduates of the Class of 2020 back to its uptown campus on Friday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. for a commencement ceremony in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the more than 3,500 members of the Class of 2020 did not have the opportunity to enjoy a traditional Tulane Commencement. Instead, Tulane saluted them remotely in May of more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 26 (TNSOps) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Live broadcasts, interviews, and radio segments by Vernon "Dr. Daddy-O" Winslow for "Jivin' with Jax" on WWEZ AM New Orleans are now available online via the Tulane University Digital Library at digitallibrary.tulane.edu. This digitization project, administered by Tulane University Special Collections, was funded in part by a grant from the GRAMMY Museum. The recordings selected for digitization (h more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story on Feb. 21, 2022: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Edith Garland Dupre Library has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant it will use to expand its books, artifacts, manuscripts and oral histories that reflect Louisiana's LGBTQ+ community. The $10,000 grant was awarded as part of the American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries. The America more PR