BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 21, 2023: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills from the 2023 Regular Legislative Session into law: ACT 398-HB3 Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act. ACT 399-HB90 Provides relative to penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute fentanyl or carfentanil. ACT 400-HB104 Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 19 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news on June 17, 2023: Today, Mayor Tim Keller along with leaders from the City's Department of Arts & Culture and Arts Board, dedicated the newest mural in the Public Art Program's collection: Vision Zero mural led by artist Andrew Fearnside. The mural, located on the eastern wall of Expo New Mexico along Louisiana Blvd. in Albuquerque, emerged from a community engagement process to create a beautiful and meaningf  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 21 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * LSU researchers Ibrahim "Abe" Baggili and Andrew Webb have received $600K from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to study safety aspects of virtual and augmented reality applications for U.S. military missions and training. * * * Baggili's and Webb's project, "Mixed Reality Visual Deception for Mission Deviation & Distraction," bridges cybersecurity with psyc  more

IRVING, Texas, June 23 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Our contributions to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette - a total $600,000 to fund scholarships for local high school students and outreach on key energy topics - are the latest examples of ExxonMobil's efforts to support the progress of the communities in which we work. Louisiana's Vermilion Parish will be home to a landmark CO2 transportation and stora  more

PARIS, France, June 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 19, 2023: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Economic Development officials met with top executives of two companies experimenting with new carbon-reduction technologies to promote Louisiana's advantages for energy investment. The engagements at the corporate headquarters of Air Liquide and TotalEnergies highlighted the early portion of the governor's economic growth and diversification mission to F  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, June 23 (TNSfund) -- Grambling State University issued the following news: Larry Payne grew up in north Louisiana before enjoying a majorly successful career in the energy industry, but it was the years he spent as a student at Grambling State University (GSU) that made one of the biggest impacts on his life. Now a retired 38-year career in the energy industry, Payne is still making an impact as CEO of LESA & Associates, LLC, a private Energy Consulting Company. But Payn  more

HOUMA, Louisiana, June 21 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: K&B Machine Works, doing business as K&B Industries, announced it is expanding its advanced manufacturing division by establishing a new production base at a recently acquired facility in Terrebonne Parish. The $12 million investment will allow the company to increase production and better serve the state's growing aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing equipment markets. The company expects to cr  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 21 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Today, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) announced that additional information has been added to the website nextsteps.la.gov to help Louisianans better protect themselves against identity theft in light of last week's MOVEit cybersecurity breach in Louisiana as well as several other states and countries. It also provides answers to some of the most freq  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 22 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news: Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement after his office obtained a conviction of a former law enforcement officer for the crime of rape: "Last night, Joey Istre was held accountable by a jury of his peers in St. Bernard. I pray this conviction provides some healing to his victims, four of whom showed incredible bravery and courage in testifying against him. The jury's verd  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 22 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news: Attorney General Jeff Landry's office secured an historic conviction in Allen Parish with Deon Bartie guilty of murder. "This case should be a loud and clear message to the drug dealers destroying our State," said Attorney General Landry. "As long as they wreak havoc on our communities by poisoning our people, we will fight back with every tool in the arsenal." In a landmark indictment by Attorn  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSres) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: Pennington Biomedical is one of 15 sites in the country that is part of a National Institutes of Health, or NIH, funded clinical trial focused on Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. The purpose of the trial is to determine if THC decreases agitation in hospice eligible dementia patients. THC is currently a Schedule1 drug, which means it is not   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 20 (TNSfund) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: As anyone in South Louisiana knows, rice is a major part of one's diet. It is the most widely consumed staple food for more than half of the world's population, which continues to grow each year. With the production of rice increasing, so does the need for water to grow it. In order to not use up nature's most precious valuable resource--water--one LSU College of Engineering professor is w  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 20 (TNSper) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU President William F. Tate IV has named Keena Arbuthnot to the inaugural position of Vice President and Chief Data Officer, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. In this role, Arbuthnot will have the charge of building data-driven analytics and measurement systems to guide decision making and assess university progress toward strategic goals. The Vice President and Chief Dat  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 21 (TNSpar) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication is partnering with McNeese State University to document Louisiana women's experiences as political leaders through oral histories. This partnership will expand the geographical footprint and constituencies for the Louisiana Women in Politics Oral History Project. The effort provides a historical reco  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 19, 2023: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills from the 2023 Regular Legislative Session into law: ACT 264-HB8 Requires display of the national motto, "In God We Trust", in every public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education classroom. ACT 265-HB36 Provides for the Delta Agriculture Research and Sustainability District. ACT 266-HB69 Pro  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 23 (TNSper) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Two representatives of Southeastern Louisiana University have been selected for the University of Louisiana System Management and Leadership Institute. Manager of Student Employment and Internship Development for Career Services Craig Marinello and Interim Honors Director and Center for Faculty Excellence Multimedia Communication Specialist Amber Narro, will take part in the two-semeste  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Black adults who live in the United States have a 59% higher risk of premature death than White adults. A new study from Tulane University published in Lancet Public Health has found that this gap can be entirely explained by disparities in eight areas of life critical to health and well-being: employment, income, food security, education level, access to healthcare, quality health insurance, home   more

LIVINGSTON PARISH, Louisiana, June 21 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon continues its industry leadership in advanced 911 services that provide greater efficiency and higher levels of situational awareness for first responders by supporting yet another NG911 deployment, this time in Livingston Parish, LA. Verizon's end-to-end i3-based and Real Time Text (RTT) service allows a 911 center (Public Safety Answering Point, or PS  more