BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 5 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news on May 4, 2023: Attorney General Jeff Landry today announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax's owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in the mail from the agreement signed by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. L  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, May 2 (TNSfund) -- Grambling State University issued the following news: The Gambling State University (GSU) Department of History has received $60,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a project titled "Voices of Grambling: Immersive Virtual-Reality Experiences." Project members include Dr. Edward Holt (PI), Dr. Brian McGowan, and Yanise Days. The project will also fund three student project team members and provide them with this experiential lear  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, May 2 (TNSper) -- Grambling State University issued the following news: Antoinette Livingston has been named Director of Career Services at Grambling State University. Having recently served as the Assistant Director, she organized and directed the 54th Lonnie Smith Career Fair. It was one of the largest and most-attended Career Fair held for a number of years at GSU. Before coming to Grambling State University as Assistant Director of Career Services, Livingston served a  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, May 2 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on May 1, 2023: Conexon Connect, the internet service provider formed by rural fiber broadband leader Conexon, has been selected by a consortium of community organizations representing East Carroll Parish to deliver high-speed fiber internet access to unserved and underserved homes and businesses across the parish. The East Carroll project marks a new chapter for Conexon Connect, representing its firs  more

MONROE, Louisiana, May 6 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news on May 5, 2023: Ruling in favor of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has granted a motion to amend the complaint to add class action allegations in Missouri and Louisiana v. Biden et al. Louisiana, Missouri, and five private plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the President and numerous high-ranking officials a  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, May 5 (TNSres) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The Ouachita Valley Regional American Chemical Society (ACS) held a mid-April Research Mini-Symposium featuring oral presentations and posters by students from universities around the region. Louisiana Tech Chemistry faculty and ASC regional officers Dr. Marilyn Cox (Senior Lecturer) and Dr. Elisabeth Fatila (Assistant Professor) organized the event, held on Tech's campus. Students made 10-minute present  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, May 4 (TNSres) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news on May 3, 2023: The College of Applied and Natural Science (ANS) recently held its annual ANS Day, allowing students within the program to showcase their research and recognize those that stood out from their achievements. In the first section of the event, poster session, students were able to present their research that they have conducted throughout the year. The projects ranged from medicine to endange  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 6 (TNSjou) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: A new American Heart Association scientific statement assessed and scored the heart healthiness of popular dietary patterns, and the DASH Diet - developed in part at Pennington Biomedical Research Center - received a perfect score as the top heart-healthy eating plan. "Pennington Biomedical has a long history and association with the DASH Diet," sa  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 4 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: As part of its senior capstone design project, a team of LSU mechanical engineering students is working on a proof of concept that if successful, could have application across several industries. The group is using an additive manufacturing process called MELD, which combines pressure and friction to deform metal without it fully melting. The objective is to design a way to embed a conductor  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 5 (TNSper) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU has named Kimberly Bissell the Dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication, effective July 24, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. Bissell is currently an administrator and faculty member at the University of Alabama's College of Communication and Information Sciences, where she serves as Associate Dean for Research; Executive Director of the Institute for Communicatio  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, May 4 (TNSconf) -- McNeese State University issued the following news on May 3, 2023: McNeese State University's Burton College of Education and Center for Advancement of Quality Education are hosting MPact on Education Annual Conference June 20-21, at McNeese. During the conference educators can connect and collaborate to discover trends in education, learn new technology, participate in leadership discussions and identify opportunities for personal growth. Sessions a  more