NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSper) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Ally Byrd has joined the firm's Enterprise Litigation and Investigations section as a Member in the New Orleans office. Ally focuses her practice on products liability and mass tort lawsuits alleging economic loss, product defects, and personal injuries, and defends premises liability, workplace injury, and workers' compensation claims, as well a more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 30 -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Southwestern Electric Power Co., an American Electric Power company (Nasdaq: AEP), today announced the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) has approved a base rate increase for SWEPCO customers in Arkansas, as well as an interim fuel adjustment for the 2021 winter storm fuel recovery cost. SWEPCO residential customers in Arkansas using 1,0 more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 28 -- 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 676--SB 116 Creates the office on women's health within the Louisiana Department of Health. ACT 677--SB 124 Requires the state Department of Education to provide student attendance data of certain students to local school governing authorities. ACT 678--SB 126 Provide more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 29 (TNSawa) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: CBS News journalist Michelle Miller will receive the 2022 University of New Orleans Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Additionally, Lauren Gibbs, owner and CEO of Gibbs Construction, has been named the 2022 Norma Jane Sabiston Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Both will be celebrated at a gala at the National WWII Museum on November 9, 2022. "Michelle personifies the Priva more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Arkansas officials announced Thursday it has issued a request for proposals for 1,000 megawatts of solar and wind generation resources, emissions-free renewables that can provide cost-effective energy supply, capacity, fuel diversity, and other benefits to its customers. "Entergy Arkansas has a commitment to providing our customers with low-cost, reliable energy as well as more renewable generation," said Kurt more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 29 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on June 28, 2022: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards today issued a statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's stay of the Middle District Court's ruling that Louisiana's congressional maps must be redrawn to include a second African-American district. "Today's ruling from the Supreme Court is more than a little disappointing. "The District Court's well-reasoned 157 page decision clearly demons more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 29 (TNSres) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news on June 28, 2022: Louisiana Tech University's Dr. Mitzi Desselles, associate professor of Psychology and Behavioral Science, as well as several Louisiana Tech doctoral students and recent graduates, will be presenting their research at the 21st Biennial Reversal Theory Conference hosted by the University of Paris 8 in Paris, France. "The opportunity for our Louisiana Tech University faculty and doctoral  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 2 (TNSconf) -- Loyola University issued the following news release: The Loyola Institute for Ministry, together with Immaculate Conception Church, welcomes Xavier University President Dr. Reynold Verrett, to deliver a talk as part of "Cannonball Conversations," a lunchtime speaker series in honor of the current international Ignatian Year. Dr. Verrett will present "Catholicity and Pentecost: the Universality of God's Love," at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, at Im more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is the first female to be awarded the prestigious The Hip Society-British Hip Society Traveling Fellowship. One of only two recipients, Dr. Cohen-Rosenblum and a colleague from the Mayo Clinic will spend about a month visiting centers in the United Kingdom more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 29 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Faculty from LSU, The Ohio State University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have each been awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to solve the widening gap between computational processing and storage, thereby increasing high-speed data processing and enabling computational storage to address critical challenges in increasingly more data-centric applications. Th more PR

CROWLEY, Louisiana, June 21 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: As more Gulf Coast consumers learn of the potential benefits of locally grown high-protein, low-glycemic index rice, researchers at the LSU AgCenter's H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station are expanding efforts to develop cultivars with even greater nutritional advantages. Two scientists-- molecular geneticist Herry Utomo, the F. Avalon Daggett endowed professor, and biotechnologist Ida  more PR

CROWLEY, Louisiana, June 25 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: In 2022, the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station Rice Breeding Program has advanced three rice varieties that will soon be commercially available for Gulf Coast producers to add to their repertoires. LSU AgCenter Rice Breeder Adam Famoso spoke optimistically about the new lines Avant, Addi Jo and LA19-2026. Avant is a traditional southern U.S.-style long grain variety that has progres more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 24 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Heather Kirk-Ballard, LSU-Ag Center Horticulturist After last year's record rainfall, it's hard to believe that this year we are barely getting any rain at all. Watering my poor, wilted plants this morning, I recalled that I did not have to pull out my garden hose last year. Looking back at historical weather data, this is not abnormal. Just like many other things in life, the wea more PR

CROWLEY, Louisiana, June 24 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: 2022 has presented Louisiana rice farmers with a few new faces to get to know among the faculty at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. Agricultural economist Kurt Guidry is not a new face to the facility where he has serves as the AgCenter's Southwest Regional Director. Over the past year, the AgCenter added resident coordinator of the Rice Research Station to his resume. In his n more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 29 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: The leading television stations serving the Shreveport television market today began broadcasting with NextGen TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology. Today's launch includes KTBS-TV (ABC), KSLA (CBS), KMSS-TV (Fox), KTAL-TV (NBC), KPXJ (CW) and KSHV-TV (MyNet). Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet and digital apps, Next more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 30 (TNSper) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Marcus Foster, a graduate of Tulane University's School of Law, has been named the university's new Chief Title IX Officer, effective July 1. "Our commitment to ensuring a safe environment in which all students can learn, live and grow is absolute and unwavering. A central part of that commitment is placing leaders in positions where they can make a real and lasting difference in creating a Tulane  more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 28 (TNSper) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: Dr. Nathan Roberts is ending his service as dean of the College of Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Paula Montgomery will become the college's interim dean until Roberts' successor is named. She will return to UL Lafayette in her new role beginning July 1. Montgomery, the college's former associate dean and a professor, retired from those positions more PR