GRAMBLING, Louisiana, June 23 (TNSres) -- Grambling State University issued the following news: AT&T has continued its investment in Grambling State University (GSU) with a $25,000 contribution to the Grambling University Foundation Inc., for scholarships in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The funds will be awarded to 25 students for one year, with priority consideration given to merit students with a financial need. The minimum grade point average to qualify as more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session. ACT 433--HB 8 Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons. ACT 434--HB 83 Provides relative to homeowner's insurance policies that require a civil authority to prohibit use of the dwelling in order to pay loss of use benefits. ACT 435--HB 9 more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 23 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session. ACT 588--SB 45 Requires all public school governing authorities to adopt certain policies relative to cameras in certain classrooms by December 31, 2022. ACT 589--SB 90 Provides relative to network adequacy for health insurer benefit plans. ACT 590--SB 183 Provides relative more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 21 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has vetoed the following bills from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session. HB 35 would require the Secretary of State to conduct a supplemental annual canvas of voters, which is simply unnecessary and would make it easier to remove eligible voters from the rolls. HB 99 would establish the crime of resisting a police officer with force or violence as a new c more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 (TNSper) -- Cambridge College issued the following news: The Children's Learning Center at Mitchell College recently welcomed Linda Hunter-Williams [MEd '05] as its new director. In this role, she oversees the operations of the center and leads the staff in providing a nurturing and safe educational environment for its preschool program. Experienced as a classroom teacher, early learning program director and community college instructor, Hunter-Williams holds a Ma more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 23 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) recognized ComEd today with an Emergency Response Award for its assistance efforts to restore power to homes and businesses in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida. ComEd sent a team of employees to help local utility Entergy manage and direct utility workers coming from out of state. Under ComEd supervision, more than 350 construction  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 23 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The color of a person's skin can often influence the level of healthcare they receive. A new Tulane University study identifies the barriers patients from marginalized communities face when they seek primary care appointments and how health care providers can address these inequities. Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine assistant professors Brigham Walker and Janna Wisni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNSper) -- Catholic University issued the following news: The Dominican Province of St. Joseph nominated Father Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., as the new Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry at The Catholic University of America effective July 1. Father Guilbeau teaches theology at the Dominican House of Studies, located across Michigan Avenue from Catholic University. He also serves as the prior of the community. A native of Louisiana, Father Aquinas entered the Dominican P more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSawa) -- Entergy issued the following news release: Recognizing the hard work and dedication of the men and women of Entergy, the Edison Electric Institute awarded Entergy Corporation with its Emergency Assistance Award. The company was recognized for its outstanding power restoration efforts supporting Duke Energy following a severe winter storm that hit Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina in January. Including this year's honor, Entergy has received more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 24 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, officially opened its new New Orleans office Thursday at the University of New Orleans research and technology park "The Beach." The office will support 50 new jobs, and the company anticipates additional positions will be added as work continues on the U.S. Navy Enterprise Service Desk, a four-year, $136 milli more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 25 (TNStalk) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on June 24, 2022: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards today issued a statement about the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling by the United States Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade. "I am and have always been unabashedly pro-life and opposed to abortion. However, I understand that people on both sides of this complex issue hold deeply personal beliefs, and I respect more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 20 (TNStalk) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement on the failure of the Louisiana Legislature to draw a second majority African-American congressional district as ordered by the U.S. Middle District court. "It is disappointing that after every opportunity to do the right thing and create a second majority African-American Congressional district as ordered by the U.S. Court more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 25 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Governor John Bel Edwards, DOTD Secretary Shawn D. Wilson, Ph.D., the LA 1 Coalition, and area leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on Phase II of the elevated LA 1 corridor. Phase II will elevate 8.3 miles of highway from Golden Meadow to Leeville. Once complete, 19.3 miles of highway will be elevated between Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon. Late last yea more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, officially opened its new New Orleans office Thursday at the University of New Orleans research and technology park "The Beach." The office will support 50 new jobs, and the company anticipates additional positions will be added as work continues on the U.S. Navy Enterprise Service Desk, a four-year, $136 million more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 25 (TNSpro) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: National tech education provider Fullstack Academy and Louisiana State University (LSU) today announced the launch of a new product management bootcamp program. The curriculum is designed to train professionals on the skills needed to fill over 10,000 product management jobs in the Baton Rouge metro area in just 25 weeks. "We are in the midst of product management's 'Golde more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 23 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown advised long-standing firm client and chicken processor, Foster Farms, on its sale to private equity firm Atlas Holdings. The Mayer Brown team was led by Los Angeles-based Corporate & Securities partners Paul de Bernier and Stephanie Hurst, both of whom specialize in food and beverage M&A. Foster Farms is a family-owned provider of fresh, frozen and prepared poultry products headquartered in Livingst more PR

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 21 -- McNeese State University issued the following news: McNeese State University's rodeo team continued its winning tradition at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming. The men's rodeo team claimed the reserve championship - second place in the nation - after winning a national individual title championship and a reserve national individual championship Saturday night. For the men's team, Shea Fournier, Raceland, claimed the saddle bronc riding ch more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSfund) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Philanthropist Rachael Callais is donating $25,000 to support the Colonel eSports team. The money will be used to create scholarships for the players and help to establish a streaming station, which will educate students on professional broadcasting and podcasting. "I wish I had a place like Esports during my junior high and high school years in school. I was a very shy person, didn't hav more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 24 (TNSfund) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: A $27.5 million gift from Shell USA, Inc., will establish the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation and enable construction of the LSU Our Lady of the Lake Interdisciplinary Science Building, the university's top capital priority. With Shell's investment as founding partner, the new Institute for Energy Innovation will advance reliable, affordable, environmentally responsibl more PR

NEW YORK, June 24 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: With rising gas, food and home utility prices forcing Americans to find ways to save, Shreveport, Louisiana residents now have new home and business Internet options from Verizon that deliver amazing performance at an incredible value. Starting today, Verizon is turning on its brand new wireless home and business internet services, powered by 5G Ultra Wideband, i more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSawa) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Supercomputers are so powerful that the datasets they can produce --huge troves of information needed by scientists, doctors, business leaders, government officials and others -- are too massive to easily share or study. A Tulane University computer scientist has been awarded $750,000 over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to find a way to bring this data down to size to make it m more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 -- Tulane University issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: Results from one of the largest global studies of atrial fibrillation (AFib) procedures show that the simple approach is usually best when it comes to ablation, a procedure where physicians destroy or ablate cardiac tissue to correct irregular heart rhythms. The findings, published in JAMA, could change the way patients are treated for AFib. Researchers from Tulane University and partner i more PR

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 25 (TNSfund) -- McNeese State University issued the following news: The Upward Bound program at McNeese State University has been awarded a $1.9 million five-year grant by the U.S. Department of Education, the largest amount awarded to the program in the university's history. Upward Bound was initiated at McNeese in 1986. This federal program provides encouragement and support to low-income and first generation high school students to attend college through a vari more PR